著者

任 琳

出版者

桃山学院大学

雑誌

桃山学院大学経済経営論集 (ISSN:02869721)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.55, no.3, pp.339-375, 2014-02-28

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The Livelihood Protection Law of Japan was enacted in 1946 and revised in 1950. A livelihood protection system, which is a core of Japan's public assistance, has been applied for more than half a century. However, the livelihood protection system has never been effected a drastic reform. The system has not properly been adjusted to social changes such as aging population, declining birthrate, and structural changes in household and employment status. Due to the imperfection of Japan's social security system, the livelihood protection system has performed a function of all the last safety-net. This paper aims at explaining actual conditions of the livelihood protection in Osaka City and its influencing factors. The analysis is carried out by using municipal district data. To explain the cause of the high rate of livelihood protection in Osaka City may have an important meaning for considering improvements and reform of the Japanese livelihood protection system.