. We assume that the supporters of the Koizumi cabinet had an expectation of upward income mobility via the market. On this … relative income differ between supporters and non-supporters of the Koizumi cabinet. Key findings are as follows: within the … Koizumi cabinet period, a relatively low-income position is negatively related to happiness for non-LDP supporters but not for …

precautionary saving behavior of Japanese households. Our findings are: 1. Measures for income uncertainty have a positive influence … on the target for precautionary wealth but not on precautionary wealth. 2. The positive influence of income uncertainty … suggest that Japanese households save against income uncertainty until around when their head is aged 50 and then save against …

We consider a two good world where an individual i with income mi has utility function u (x, y), where x ? [0, ?) and y … of his income. Then we consider the following problem. Suppose good x is available in a store at a fixed price 1. Good y …

Extant research has found that an individual's happiness is relative with respect to income, suggesting that it rises … with own income and falls as the income of a reference group increases. Some recent studies emphasize that the effect of … relative income is mediated by the extent to which people compare themselves with others (hereinafter, "relative consciousness …

determinants of annual income, which were found in agreeableness among male workers. Agreeableness seemed to contribute to annual … income in Japanese men, whereas it acted as a penalty in American men. In both countries, higher agreeableness tended to … translate into higher income for those working at large companies (1,000 employees or more) compared with those working at small …

largest economic block in Japan, with 2041 companies responding. This article introduces the results of this questionnaire …