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youth in Japan. Although deterioration in youth employment opportunities has often been blamed for Japan’s declining …
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This paper develops a theory in which households prepare for future education by adjusting the number of children they intend to raise. Income inequality lowers output per worker only if the inequality is attributed in some part to unexpected disturbances after childbirth. -- Fertility ; Lock-in...
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Chinese parents prefer to have sons as they depend on their sons for support in old age, according to most of the literature. This paper uses the Preference Parameters Study, which randomly interviewed individuals in six major cities in China in 2011, to present empirical evidence about the...
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This paper investigates effects of forced marriages in the Pol Pot regime on educational investments for their children. Specifically, we focus on the difference in educational investments between the couples who faced different social environments under the Pol Pot regime. Using the complete...
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This study aims to determine the factors that affect financial literacy in Japan using data from Osaka University …'s Preference Parameter Study in Japan. We examined fourteen variables covering respondents' demographic, socio-economic, and … the need for a formal financial education and social contact to boost financial literacy levels in Japan. …
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Japan's household saving rate showed great volatility, was often low and even negative, and was high only during the 25-year … trends over time in, Japan's household saving rate via various socioeconomic and policy variables. This seems to suggest that … their children than other peoples, suggesting that the alleged social norm of strong family ties in Japan is largely a myth …
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survey conducted in China, India, Japan, and the United States. It finds striking inter-country differences in bequest plans …
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We show evidence that receiving Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki Prizes for literature has positive and negative effects on …
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In this paper, we conduct a theoretical analysis of why individuals provide care and attention to their elderly parents using a two-period overlapping generations model with endogenous saving and a "contest success function" and test this model using micro data from a Japanese household survey,...
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head in the 50-59 age group) in Japan do not have inordinate amounts of debt and that their financial health is … they could previously. We therefore need to monitor the borrowing behavior of this cohort over time as the Bank of Japan …
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