UK-JAPAN STATE OF THE ART MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY SEMINAR IPSS, TOKYO , JAN.6 2012 POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN JAPAN —AN OVERVIEW FROM THE 1990 S AND.

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UK-JAPAN STATE OF THE ART MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY SEMINAR IPSS, TOKYO , JAN POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN JAPAN —AN OVERVIEW FROM THE 1990 S AND RECENT POLICY RESPONSES Masami Iwata Japan women’s University

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Official Definition and Measurement 3. Who is poor ? 4. Poverty Dynamics 5. Poverty Line Studies (Minimum Cost of Living) 6. Social Exclusion 7. Policy Responses 8. Conclusion

Figure1 The transition of the Seikatsu-hogo recipients and the Hogo-rate

Homeless people’s cardboard box houses →Sinjyuku station 1995 ← Homeless people’s Temporary shed Ochanomizu-Station in 1952

Official definition of poverty In the 1957 Annual Report on Health and Welfare, poverty is defined as a state in which ‘one cannot secure the minimum cost of living’. Two standards are used as the minimum cost of living: (1) minimum wage ; the minimum standard of living of workers. (2)social assistance level ; the minimum standard of living of non-working consumers. ・ The Minimum Wage Act was adopted in 1959, and is determined by considering not only the minimum standard of living of workers but also the market wages and employers’ payment capability. Hence, the minimum wage in some regions was often below the social assistance level. This left the social assistance level is the only actual poverty standard.

DPJ government provided relative poverty rate and take-up rate of the Seikatsu-hogo The social assistance level was determined by calculating the minimum cost of living by using the minimum basket –of- goods approach. This level was repeatedly amended from 1965 for closing the gap with ordinary households. In 1984, the assistance level was approximately 60% of the consumption level of the ordinary households, and this level has been maintained to date. Only a few studies have tried to measure poverty using the social assistance level or comprehend the social assistance take-up rate. The DPJ calculated the relative poverty rate by 50% of the median equivalent income. It is unclear whether this relative poverty rate is the official new poverty rate or not. The government also announced the take-up rate and poverty measurement using the social assistance level as the poverty line in 2010.

Figure2 The Transition of Poverty rate (50% of median income level) Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions 2010

Table 1 T he rate of low income households under theSeikatsu-hogo standard and take-up rate of the Seikatsu-hogo

Figure 3 Researcher’s measurements

Figure 4 Poverty rate by Age and Sex 1995 and 2010 individual base Source: Cabinet office=Abe (2)

Figure 5 poverty rate by Marital status 1995 and 2007 Source: Cabinet office=Abe (2)

Figure 6 Poverty rate by household type working age(20 〜 64) 2007 and 2010 individual base Source: Cabinet office=Abe (2)

Figure 7 Poverty rate by household type ( elderly) 2007 and 2010 individual base Source: Cabinet office=Abe (2)

Figure 8 Poverty rate by education level and age group 2010 Source: Cabinet office=Abe (2)

Figure 9 Poverty rate by Employment status 2007 individual base Source: cabinet Office=Abe(1)

Characteristics of recent poverty poverty in recent Japan is prevalent not only in the single-elderly and single-mother households but also in the working-age group. The poverty rate is notably increasing in single young people and children. It also related in marital status (unmarried)and lower educational level.

Poverty Dynamics Studies Japanese researchers did not start undertaking longitudinal surveys until recently. Some pioneering poverty dynamics studies has done by followings panel surveys.

Women and poverty Experience Iwata/Hamamoto extracted 12 years of JPSC ’s household income data from wave 2 to wave 13 (1994–2005) and outlined poverty experienced by females.

Ishii/Yamada’s Analysis The Keio Household Panel Survey (KHPS), conducted by Keio University since 2004, targets men and women aged 20–69 years, with 4005 participants in the first survey. Ishii/Yamada used three years of KHPS income data from 2004 to 2006 to analyze poverty dynamics. Furthermore, Ishi (2010) added data from 2006 to 2008 and analyzed data from late 2000, when the persistent poverty rate generally increased.

Poverty Line studies (Minimum cost of living)

Social Exclusion This term drew attention of a few researchers who have tackled with the emergence of homeless people after the burst of the bubble economy Using the concept of social exclusion, researchers traced back to their life histories and found some elements,such as unstable employment, debt problem, unmarried or divorce experiences, low education and experience of living in job related accommodation, to analyze their poverty chain mechanism.

Figure 11 Age distribution of “Net Café refugee”, rough sleeper, and unemployed men Source;MHLW(2007)

Figure 12 The excluded people flow back and forth between marginalized places

Policy Responses Coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and New Komeito. The 1990s: Local government’s emergency measures to the Homeless 2002: The Homeless Act 2008~2009: Urgent employment measures to job seekers (vocational training,livelihood allowance and housing allowance during training.) Entitlement of employment insurance expanded the Democratic Party of Japan came into power: Universal Child Allowance(temporary) 2010: Entitlement of employment insurance expanded again. The minimum wage Act revised (more attention to minimum standards of living) Personal Support Service model project started 2011 : Employment insurance revised(expansion of basic benefit) Job-seekers Support Act=second safety-net Entitlement of pension insurance expanded

Figure13 Multi-layered safety-net (ideal ) The First safety-net ( expansion ) : Social Insurance system The Second safety-net : ( new created ) Job Seekers Support Act Housing allowance Personal support service The Last safety- net: ( reduced) the Seikatsu-hogo

Figure 14 Multi-layered safety-net (reality ) The First safety-net : Social Insurance system The Second safety-net: Job Seekers support Act Housing allowance Personal support service The Last safety- net: the Seikatsu-hogo

Conclusion In the third period, poverty started to capture the public attention. Studies of poverty and social exclusion began to flourish. The Japanese government also started to regard poverty as one of the political agenda. More comprehensive approach is proposed to tackle with current working poor. Nevertheless, under the severe financial restriction, it seems difficult to expand the multi-layered safety net further