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Six-Country Survey on Covid-19
Belot, Michele - 2020
This paper presents a new data set collected on representative samples across 6 countries: China, South Korea, Japan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834526
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The Economic Burden of Chronic Diseases : Estimates and Projections for China, Japan and South Korea
Bloom, David E. - 2017
China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … non-communicable diseases over the period 2010-2030 are $16 trillion for China (measured in real USD with the base year … 2010), $5.7 trillion for Japan, and $1.5 trillion for South Korea. Our results also highlight the limits of cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950906
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Education and Later-Life Mortality : Evidence from a School Reform in Japan
Masuda, Kazuya; Shigeoka, Hitoshi - 2023
We examine the mortality effects of a 1947 school reform in Japan, which extended compulsory schooling from primary to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346672
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Baumol versus Engel : Accounting for 100 Years (1885-1985) of Structural Transformation in Japan
Fukao, Kyoji - 2019
This paper examines the drivers of the long-run structural transformation in Japan. We use a dynamic input … contributed to the rapid growth of GDP in Japan throughout the 20th century …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859749
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The Consequences of Short-Time Compensation : Evidence from Japan
Kato, Takao - 2019
difference-in-differences methodology to unique data from Japan, a country known for its extensive use, and find that STC results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012862492
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The Yen Exchange Rate and the Hollowing Out of the Japanese Industry
Belke, Ansgar Hubertus - 2019
Since the demise of the Bretton Woods system, the yen has seen several episodes of strong appreciation, including in the late 1970s, after the 1985 Plaza Agreement, the early and late 1990s and after 2008. These appreciations have not only been associated with "expensive yen recessions"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863763
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Displacement, Diversity, and Mobility : Career Impacts of Japanese American Internment
Arellano-Bover, Jaime - 2019
One of the largest population displacement episodes in the U.S. took place in 1942, when over 110,000 persons of Japanese origin living on the West Coast were forcibly sent away to ten internment camps for one to three years. Having lost jobs and assets, after internment they had to reassess...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863802
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The Early Life Influences of Teachers' Genders on Later Life Charitable Giving : Evidence from the Natural Disasters in Japan
Yamamura, Eiji - 2019
What determines human beings' decisions to donate money to a charity? Using a nationally representative survey of the Japanese population, we demonstrate that having been taught by a female teacher in their first year of school makes individuals more likely to donate to charities following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863825
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Can Childcare Benefits Increase Maternal Employment? Evidence from Childcare Benefits Policy in Japan
Asakawa, Shinsuke - 2020
Survey of Newborns in the 21st Century in Japan. We use a regression discontinuity design and find that the reduction of CB …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825601
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Does Employee Stock Ownership Work? Evidence from Publicly-Traded Firms in Japan
Kato, Takao - 2018
sample of publicly-traded firms in Japan (covering more than 75% of all firms listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange) over 1989 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914331