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 …

This study explores economic aspects of the market for long term care (LTC) with a special focus on Japan. First, we … describe the LTC system in Japan as presently implemented, and we highlight some aspects of the program that are novel and … of Japanese LTC utilization and costs. Finally, since Japan appears likely to experience important shortfalls in LTC in …

, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea …

Japan in past decades. Relative to empirical studies of a traditional single equation on female labor supply, there exist … fertility behaviors in urban Japan. Using the recently published 1980 Population Census of Japan, we have estimated a … simultaneous-equation model of married women's labor force participation and fertility in urban Japan. Our model shows very …

benchmark, we estimate that removal of these barriers would increase the productive labor supply in Japan by some 13 to 18 …