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Towards an Age-Friendly City : The Constraints Preventing the Elderly's Participation in Community Programs in Akita City
Kadoya, Yoshihiko - 2016
-Friendly City” by Akita City Government in Japan, a member of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global Network of Age … with society. Second, the elderly's ability to be mobile fosters their social participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013007576
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Nonlinear Budget Constraints and Estimation: Effects of Subsidized Home Loans on Housing Decisions in Japan.
Seko, M. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 1996
This is the first study to apply to Japanese housing data the econometric analysis of piecewise-linear budget constraints arising from space-linked interest rates. Two models of housing demand are discussed: The first is a Hausman-type model for floor space with random preferences and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602935
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THE EFFECTS OF MISSPECIFICATION IN ESTIMATING THE PERCENTILES OF SOME TWO -AND THREE-PARAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS.
BAI, J.; JAKEMAN, J.; MCALEER, M. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 1989
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469042
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SYSTEMATIC DEPARTURES FROM MINIMUM COST PERFORMANCE: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FIRM INEFFICIENCY.
REIFSCHNEIDER, D.; STEVENSON, R. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 1989
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469046
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The hidden curriculum and social preferences
Ito, Takahiro; Kubota, Kohei; Ohtake, Fumio - 2015
This paper examines the effects of school curricula on subsequent preference formation. The estimation results, using Japanese data, show that the actual curriculum at public elementary schools varies widely from area to area and is associated with preference formation. Specifically, pupils who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421459
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Relative income position and happiness: Are cabinet supporters different from others in Japan?
Yamamura, Eiji; Tsutsui, Yoshiro; Ohtake, Fumio - 2015
During the period of 2001-2006, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) adopted a market-oriented policy under the Koizumi cabinet. In 2006, following the formation of the first Abe cabinet, the LDP returned to a traditional redistributive policy. We assume that the supporters of the Koizumi cabinet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421464
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Is university sports an advertisement in the higher education market? An analysis of the Hakone long-distance relay road race in Japan
Yamamura, Eiji - 2015
's sporting event in Japan. The event is held immediately prior to the university application period in Japan. Using Japanese …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421473
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Explaining foreign holdings of Asia's debt securities: The Feldstein-Horioka paradox revisited
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko; Nomoto, … - 2015
the Eurozone economies, the US, and developing Asia showing relatively weak home bias and advanced Asia, especially Japan … capital has been flowing from the US and the Eurozone economies to both advanced Asia (especially Japan) and developing Asia … reasons. The main reason in the case of advanced Asia (especially Japan) appears to be higher riskadjusted returns, whereas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421476
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IS imbalances and current account surpluses in Japan: In memory of Professor Ronald I. McKinnon
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2015
In this paper, I find (1) that Japan showed massive and persistent current account surpluses from at least 1981 and … until at least 2011, (2) that Professor Ronald McKinnon was correct, at least in the case of Japan, and that these large and … persistent current account surpluses were due primarily to Japan's large and persistent IS imbalances (the excess of saving over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421478
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Activity, time, and subjective happiness: An analysis based on an hourly web survey
Sakawa, Hideaki; Ohtake, Fumio; Tsutsui, Yoshiro - 2015
This paper investigates how people's happiness depends on their current activities and on time. We conducted an hourly web survey, in which 70 students reported their happiness every hour on one day every month from December 2006 to February 2008. This method is an extension of the experience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421487