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The Power of the Little Blue Pill: Innovations and Implications of Life Style Drugs in an Aging Population

LaRiviere, Jacob; Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The launch of Viagra in April 1998 led to a historically unprecedented high usage of erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs. We test whether Viagra's introduction significantly influenced outcomes for its target population such as STD rates of older men, as well as its non-target populations, such as...

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Reflexionen zur Zukunft der Arbeit

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

angesichts von Demografie, Globalisierung und Technologiefortschritt nicht ihren eigenen wirtschaftlichen Erfolg aufs Spiel …

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Breastfeeding Practices and Parental Employment in Japan

Kobayashi, Miki; Usui, Emiko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

children. However, few studies have yet investigated the factors which may promote or inhibit breastfeeding practices in Japan … breastfeeding practices in Japan. …

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Pappa Ante Portas: The Retired Husband Syndrome in Japan

Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The "Retired Husband Syndrome", that affects the mental health of wives of retired men around the world, has been anecdotally documented but never formally investigated. We use Japanese micro data and the exogenous variation generated by the 2006 revision of the Japanese Elderly Employment...

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Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, and the Great Recession: Lessons from Japan's Lost Decade

Kambayashi, Ryo; Kato, Takao - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

-term consequences for the labor market structure. To this end, we examine Japan's Lost Decade, the original Great Recession that … during Japan's Lost Decade there was a significant shift of the composition of employment toward "bad jobs." Second, we find … women in Japan made considerable progress in shifting the composition of their employment toward "good jobs" during Japan …

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Is Longer Unemployment Rewarded with Longer Job Tenure?

Kohara, Miki; Sasaki, Masaru; Machikita, Tomohiro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper examines whether or not a prolonged unemployment period can raise the quality of job matching after unemployment. We focus on job tenure as an indicator of a good quality job match after unemployment. We match two sets of Japanese administrative data compiled by the public employment...

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Trends in Worker Displacement Penalties in Japan: 1991-2005

Bognanno, Michael L.; Kambayashi, Ryo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We examine the period from 1991 to 2005 to document the effects of a changing Japanese labor market on trends in the cost of job change. During this period, job change penalties and the extent to which they were age-related grew. Evidence is also found of a diminishing specificity in human...

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Job Displacement Penalties in Japan

Bognanno, Michael; Delgado, Lisa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

from 2000 to 2003, a period of economic stagnation and structural change in Japan. We find that displaced workers suffer a …

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Sheepskin Effects in Japan

Bauer, Thomas K.; Dross, Patrick J.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Using data for the 1990’s, this paper examines the role of sheepskin effects in the returns to education for Japan. Our … the US. These results could be explained by the particular recruitment system of large firms in Japan, which makes the …

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Leisure Time in Japan: How Much and for Whom?

Scott M. Fuess, Jr. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Japan is famous for long working hours. For decades the Japanese government has tried to influence how people spend …

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