This paper evaluates the drastic reforms of Japanese public health insurance initiated in 2006. We employ a computable general equilibrium framework to numerically examine the reforms for an aging Japan in the dynamic context of overlapping generations. Our simulation produced the following...

This paper evaluates the drastic reforms of Japanese public health insurance initiated in 2006. We employ a computable general equilibrium framework to numerically examine the reforms for an aging Japan in the dynamic context of overlapping generations. Our simulation produced the following...

This paper describes the Social Long-Term Care Insurance (SLTCI) in Germany. Based on a short review of the history of long-term care organization and the preceding laws in Germany, the implementation of the SLTCI as a self-standing pillar within the system of social insurances in Germany and...

Mit dem "Gesetz zum Einstieg in die ökologische Steuerreform" hat die Bundesregierung eine Erhöhung der Energiebesteuerung beschlossen, mit deren Hilfe der Energieverbrauch in Deutschland und die daraus resultierenden Emissionen vermindert werden sollen. Mit den zusätzlichen Steuereinnahmen...