Comparing public attitudes toward providing for the livelihood of the elderly in two aging societies: Germany and Japan |
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Authors: | Bernd Hayo Hiroyuki Ono |
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Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Philipps-University Marburg, Universitaetsstr. 24, D-35037 Marburg, Germany;2. Faculty of Economics, Toyo University, 5-28-20 Hakusan Bunkyo-ku, 112-8606 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Using an ordered logit model on representative survey data, we study attitudes about who should provide for the livelihood of the elderly in two aging societies—Germany and Japan. We find that in both countries, those with higher income are more inclined toward the private option, whereas age has the opposite effect. Part-time work status negatively (positively) affects the inclination toward a government-based pension system in Japan (Germany). Other significant influences are the pensioner status of the respondents in Japan and specific left-wing party support in the case of Germans. |
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