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The Effect of Child Allowance on Multidimensional Poverty during the First Period of the Democratic Party of Japan

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  • Raffaele Ciula

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Since the year 2009, after a period of neo-liberalism in Japan, a set of more comprehensive and universal social policies were enacted. Among these, the child allowance policy was amended in 2010 by the Democratic Party of Japan, which introduced a universal child allowance policy, and increased the amounts of the benefits provided to households compared to the previous policy. In this respect, my goal is to analyse the impact of the modification of the child allowance to inspect its effect on different dimensions, such as on gross family earnings, education, and homeownership for adult, children and young individuals. Similarly, my aim is to inspect the impact of this policy on being above or below the average value of the same dimensions. This analysis contributes to the academic debate because it inspects the effects of this more inclusive policy compared the old, means-tested policy on two big issues in Japan, poverty and inequalities. The outcomes indicate that this intervention has a positive effect both on adults and children and young individuals with regards to poverty, wellbeing, and with regards to their positions about different dimensions in society.

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  • Raffaele Ciula, 2025. "The Effect of Child Allowance on Multidimensional Poverty during the First Period of the Democratic Party of Japan," LIS Working papers 892, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
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