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English as a gateway? : immigration and public opinion in Japan
Green, David; Kadoya, Yoshihiko - 2013
Japan, like most of the developed world, faces potentially extreme demographic shortfalls brought on by a rapidly aging … immigration to help fight these tendencies, immigration levels in Japan are comparatively much lower. Increasing immigration to … Japan is one suggested solution to the demographic problem, yet research examining public opinion on higher levels of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009788072
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Demographic structure, knowledge diffusion, and endogenous productivity growth
Davis, Colin; Hashimoto, Ken'ichi; Tabata, Ken - 2020
This paper considers how increasing longevity and declining birth rates affect market entry and endogenous productivity growth in a two-country model of trade. In each country, the demographic transition to an older population induces a contraction in the labor force through a decline in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404477
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The gender gap in education investment and the demographic transition in developing countries : theory and evidence
Nguyen Thang Dao; Dávila, Julio; Greulich, Angela - 2019
We propose a unified growth model linking technology, education investment across genders, and fertility to explain, for 20th century developing countries: (i) the demographic transition, (ii) the improvement in gender equality in education, and (iii) the transition to sustained growth. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137079
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The slow demographic transition in regions vulnerable to climate change
Nguyen Thang Dao; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Vasilakis, … - 2022
This paper considers the persistent effects of climate change on the speed of demographic transi- tion, and hence on the size of the population in regions that are the least developed and the most vulnerable to climate change, such as Sub-Saharan Africa. These effects are transmitted through...
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Why are concavity conditions not satisfied in the cost function? : the case of Japanese manufacturing firms during the bubble period
Ogawa, Kazuo (contributor) - 2008
This paper examines empirically some of the reasons why Japanese manufacturing firms frequently fail to satisfy concavity conditions of the cost function. We focus on the “bubble period” in the 1980s when land was in great demand for reasons related to both production and speculation, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003757808
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The demise of bank-centered economy and increasing roles of credit rating in Japan
Yamori, Nobuyoshi (contributor); Asai, Yoshihiro (contributor) - 2006
After the burst of the bubble economy, Japanese economy has been changed drastically. Traditionally, Japanese economy was characterized as a bank-centered economy, but the banking system did not function well in the 1990's. Responding to banking problems, the Japanese government initiated the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003321259
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Japanese corporate finance : what factors affect the financial decisions of Japanese firms? ; A survey result
Yamori, Nobuyoshi (contributor) - 2006
largest economic block in Japan, with 2041 companies responding. This article introduces the results of this questionnaire …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003321293
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Credit ratings in the Japanese bond market
Yamori, Nobuyoshi (contributor);  … - 2006
Recently, credit ratings have been enhancing the influence on issuers as well as the national economy. This paper explains the historical development and several current features of the Japanese bond market, and discusses why credit ratings gained a significant role in the 1990s. We also present...
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The dissaving of the aged revisited : the case of Japan
Horioka, Charles (contributor) - 2006
In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some … survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of … that this model is highly applicable in the case of Japan. -- Saving ; dissaving ; consumption ; aged ; elderly …
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Do borrowing constraints matter? : An analysis of why the permanent income hypothesis does not apply in Japan
Kohara, Miki (contributor); Horioka, Charles (contributor) - 2006
importance of borrowing constraints in Japan. We find (1) that 8 to 15 percent of young married Japanese households are borrowing … does not apply in Japan and that the presence of borrowing constraints is not the main reason why it does not apply … Hypothesis ; Euler Equation ; Households ; Japan …
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