Is There a Future for a Universal Cash Benefit in Japan? The Case of Kodomo Teate (Child Benefit)

Aya K. Abe

Chapter Chapter 4 in Basic Income in Japan, 2014, pp 49-67 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract It can be said that the Kodomo Teate (child benefit), which was introduced in 2010, was the first attempt in implementing basic income (BI) in Japan. Even though it only targeted children younger than age 16 and at best can only be described as a partial BI, the Kodomo Teate possesses distinct characteristics of BI as described by Yamamori (2009). It is a public cash benefit that is unconditional, periodical and regular, individual-based, and is given without means-test or work requirement. However, the Japanese public and the media, fuelled by the opposition parties, started massive negative campaign against Kodomo Teate even before it started, and eventually the Teate was rescinded barely two years after its inception. The experience of Kodomo Teate provides an excellent case study of why a universal cash benefit would be exceedingly difficult to be accepted in Japan.

Keywords: Democratic Party; Social Security System; Liberal Democratic Party; Child Benefit; Cash Benefit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137348081_4

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