The Treatment of Students throgh Policy Revisions to the National Pension Fund : A Discussion of Historical Changes in Their Status

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  • 国民年金の制度的変遷における学生の取り扱い : その議論にみる位置づけの変容
  • コクミン ネンキン ノ セイドテキ ヘンセン ニ オケル ガクセイ ノ トリアツカイ : ソノ ギロン ニ ミル イチズケ ノ ヘンヨウ

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Since the introduction of the law governing the National Pension System in 1959, there have been three major changes in the status of students. During the initial period of implementation of the system, student enrollment in the pension fund was assumed to be voluntary. Beginning in 1989, a second perid made student enrollment compulsory. The third, and current, period is that since the introduction of the Student Payment Exception System (Gakusei Noufu Tokurei Seido) in 2000.In an overview of these changes to the pension system, three general characteristics were identified. First, although students are seen as having a spesial position within the system, that position has always been rather ambiguous. Second, whether enrollment has been voluntary or compulsory, there has been the recurring dilemma of how to deal with students' irregular incomes and inability to pay premiums. Finally, for a long time after introducion of the law, student indicated only full-time student. Until revision of the national pension scheme to accommodate the Student Payment Exception System, payment of premiums was perceived as being the responsibility of the household rather than the individual.

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    紀要 8 53-64, 2014-03-31

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