The Rise of Poverty in Japan: The Emergence of the Working Poor  

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Sekine, Yuki

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Japan Labor Review vol. 5 no. 4 (2008), page 49-66.
Topik: Poverty; Japan; Working Poor; OECD

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Japan has no official "poverty line," and subsequently no official statistics on poverty. In practice, the public assistance's "minimum standard of living" (below which subsistence benefits can be claimed) is used to calculate the poverty rate, or the OECD index, which is defined as 50% of the population's median income. No comprehensive survey has yet been conducted by the government on the current state of poverty in Japan. In its annual report for 2006, the Ministry in charge of economic and fiscal policy, incidentally questioned the OECD's estimations on Japan's poverty rate; the OECD had assessed Japan's relative poverty rate in 2000 to be 15.3%, the fifth highest ratio amongst OECD countries. Regarding absolute poverty, the Ministry's report stated that "from the viewpoint of absolute poverty, it is difficult to state that Japan is currently facing a severe issue.

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