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    Intergenerational Politics in an Aging Society: The Graying of Japanese Voters

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    Authors
    Takao, Yasuo
    Date
    2022
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Citation
    Takao, Y. 2022. Intergenerational Politics in an Aging Society: The Graying of Japanese Voters. Asian Survey. 62 (4): pp. 695-720.
    Source Title
    Asian Survey
    DOI
    10.1525/as.2022.1698940
    Additional URLs
    https://www.ucpress.edu/
    ISSN
    0004-4687
    Faculty
    Faculty of Humanities
    School
    School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89113
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Japan’s population is aging faster than any other nation’s, producing many more older voters, and raising an important question related to intergenerational equity. Do older voters prioritize their short-term self-interest at the expense of other generations? I find that the older voters in Japan are surprisingly less self-interested—even less than similarly aged voters in other advanced economies—in maximizing their benefits as service consumers to the detriment of younger voters. This behavior of older voters in Japan is an enigma. To stimulate dialogue about an equitable and sustainable welfare system, I consider a set of structural and institutional factors that may, individually or collectively, help explain the apparently less self-interested preferences of older voters in Japan.

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