COMPARATIVE SOCIAL POLICY IN UKRAINE AND JAPAN UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MODERN ECONOMIC WORLD DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The purpose of the paper. An analysis of the national social policy in Ukraine and Japan, based on research, making recommendations for the improvement of the social policy situation in Ukraine. Methodology. The theoretical and methodological base of scientific research made of national and foreign scholars on the analysis of social policy, official statistical data of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, reports of the NBU and central bank of Japan. To ensure the authenticity and validity of the research results to the goal, the following methods are used: induction and deduction – during theoretical generalizations and conclusions; analogy method – when comparing foreign experience of social policy; economics and statistics as methods of macroeconomic policy of Ukraine analysing; retrospective analysis, which determines social policy; methods of system analysis and synthesis. Results. In the article, social policy in Ukraine and Japan is investigated. The macroeconomic situation in each country is analysed. Reasonable steps for the further using of the investigated country experience for Ukraine are founded. A particular attention to the normative acts improvement is given. Practical implications. The results of this study can be used by public authorities, such as the Ministry of Finance, state statistical agencies. Value/originality of the results is a complex theoretical and practical analysis of social policy in Ukraine and Japan. For the first time, comparative social policy in Ukraine and Japan is analysed. Further research should relate to the construction of an own social policy model. In the process of its implementation, it is necessary to use the experience of foreign countries.

Keywords

• social policy
• budget and fiscal policy
• social activities
• European social models