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Iizuka, Toshiaki - 2005

We examine the effect of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of drug treatment on an important health habit, physical exercise. By learning the existence of a new drug treatment via DTCA, rational consumers may become careless about maintaining healthy lifestyles. Using the National Health...

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Asymmetric Demand Response when Prices Increase and Decrease : The Case of Child Healthcare

Iizuka, Toshiaki - 2020

This study tests whether demand responds symmetrically to price increases and decreases--a seemingly obvious proposition under conventional demand theory that has not been rigorously tested. Exploiting rapid expansion in municipal subsidies for child healthcare in a difference-in-differences...

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Robots and Labor in the Service Sector : Evidence from Nursing Homes

Eggleston, Karen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

In one of the first studies of service sector robotics using establishment-level data, we study the impact of robots on staffing in Japanese nursing homes, using geographic variation in robot subsidies as an instrumental variable. We find that robot adoption increases employment by augmenting...

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Is Preventive Care Worth the Cost? Evidence from Mandatory Checkups in Japan

Iizuka, Toshiaki - 2017

Using unique individual-level panel data, we investigate whether preventive medical care triggered by health checkups is worth the cost. We exploit the fact that biomarkers just below and above a threshold may be viewed as random. We find that people respond to health signals and increase...

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Long-term Care in Japan

Fu, Rong; Iizuka, Toshiaki; Noguchi, Haruko - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Japan, renowned for its significantly aged population, presents a distinctive landscape in elderly care. Notably, there … elderly care, Japan introduced the public Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) system in 2000. This comprehensive program offers a … and structural considerations. Japan grapples with a deficiency of social security contributors and skilled care workers …

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