| Author Name | MATSUMOTO Kodai (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) |
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| Creation Date/NO. | March 2024 24-E-039 |
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to verify whether receiving public assistance affects the well-being of the older people. When socially nondependency norms have formed, receiving public assistance may reduce well-being. The study focuses on older people in Japan, where public assistance is minimal. The results show that receiving public assistance has little effect on well-being for the older people but negatively affects the working-age population. The older people are likelier to not work, which may weaken the nondependency. Additionally, the heterogeneity in the relationship between the receipt of public assistance and well-being is confirmed by region.
Published: Matsumoto, Kodai, 2025. "Effects of welfare receipt on well-being: Evidence from older people in Japan," Japan and the World Economy, Volume 75 (2025), 101321.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0922142525000258
