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Analysis of Health and Activity Limitation Index (HALex), its distribution, and its distribution by income in Japan, 1989 and 1998

Asada, Yukiko; Ohkusa, Yasushi - 2002

study found that between 1989 and 1998 overall in Japan the HALex on average slightly reduced (0.005 reduction), its … than men and in older ages. This analysis shows that the success in the improvement in the length of life in Japan did not …

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An assessment of consumption and income taxes in Japan

Horioka, Charles Yuji; Sekita, Shizuka - 2004

and equity, we evaluate the past and present structure of Japan's consumption and income taxes, we consider the role of … reconstruction, and finally, we make policy recommendations based on our findings. We find that the structure of Japan's current … will simultaneously improve both the efficiency and equity of Japan's tax system. …

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Do bequests increase or decrease wealth inequalities?

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2009

This paper finds that individuals in Japan do not leave very significant bequests, that parents often require a quid …

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Programme evaluation of unemployment benefits in Japan: An average treatment effect approach

Ohkusa, Yasushi - 2003

Empirical results show that unemployment benefits (UB) recipients significantly change to worse job conditions with respect to wages and firm size, but change to better job conditions with respect to occupation, position, industry, and residence. While the effects for occupation are not...

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International comparison of subjective health evaluation: USA, UK and Japan

Honda, Chika; Ohkusa, Yasushi - 2001

This paper tries to calculate quality of life (QOL) from subjective health evaluations in Japan following Cutler and …

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Information, investment, and the stock market: A study of investment revision data of Japanese manufacturing industries

Ogawa, Kazuo; Suzuki, Kazuyuki - 2007

We examined investment behavior in the Japanese manufacturing industry using investment revision data to analyze investment behavior from a fresh angle. We tested the martingale investment hypothesis and then the q-theory of investment by looking at the response of stock return and investment to...

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The (dis)saving behavior of the aged in Japan

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2009

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 … the case of Japan. …

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The stagnation of household consumption in Japan

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2004

-long recession in Japan during the 1990s and early 2000s and the reasons for the stagnation of household consumption during this …

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Revitalizing the Japanese economy by socializing risk

Horioka, Charles Yuji; Kanda, Reiko - 2010

The almost continuous stagnation of the Japanese economy for the past two decades has had an adverse impact on Japanese households from at least three perspectives: A decline in the standard of living, an increase in risks and uncertainties relating to livelihood, employment, old age, etc., and...

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Are there any Cournot industries?

Flath, David - 2010

For 70 Japanese manufacturing industries, I test the simple Cournot hypothesis of proportionality between industry price-cost margin and Herfindahl index against the non-nested alternative that the industry price-cost margin remains constant in the face of varying Herfindahl index, as it would...

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