Volume 16, Number 3-4: September-December 2007

Table of Contents
1

Introduction

Introduction to the Special Issue of the JID on Income Inequality in Japan
Takashi Oshio, Ejii Tajika, Tetsuo Fukawa
2

Articles

Income Inequality Trends and their Challenges to Redistribution Policies in Japan
Tetsuo Fukawa, Takashi Oshio
9
Income Distribution of People of Retirement Age in Japan
Atsuhiro Yamada
31
The Role of Personal Income Tax to Mitigate Widening Income Inequality: the Case of Japan
Ejii Tajika, Hiroyuki Yashio
55
The Impact of the Increase in Non-regular Employment on Income Disparities
Seiichi Inagaki
71
Welfare Use in Japan: Trends and Determinants
Wataru Suzuki, Yanfei Zhou
88
The Role of Married Women's Labor Supply on Family Earnings Distribution in Japan
Yukiko Abe, Akiko S. Oishi
110