This paper analyzes the determinants of the wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan using unique … expected wealth decumulation rate of the retired elderly, at least in the case of Japan, even though both precautionary saving … burden of parental care may also affect the wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan. Given that parental …

Japan and the United States to examine whether individuals who receive intergenerational transfers from their parents are … children in both Japan and the United States, which in turn is likely to contribute to the persistence or widening of wealth …

assistance to them using microdata from a Japanese household survey, the Osaka University Preference Parameter Study. We find … that the Japanese are more likely to live with (or near) their elderly parents and/or to provide care and attention to them …

In this paper, we analyze the borrowing behavior of Japanese households in comparison to the other Group of Seven (G7 … head in the 50-59 age group) in Japan do not have inordinate amounts of debt and that their financial health is … the early 2000s, and expansionary monetary policy enabled Japanese households to purchase housing at a younger age than …

retirement behavior of households in Japan using micro data from the Preference Parameters Study of Osaka University. Our …

literature on household saving behavior in Japan (with emphasis on the author's own past research) to shed light on whether or … not the selfish life-cycle model applies in the case of Japan. In particular, we survey the literature on the impact of … the age structure of the population on the saving rate, the saving behavior of retired households, saving motives, the …

theoretical model of household behavior in economics, but does this model apply in the case of a country like Japan, which is said … version of the selfish life-cycle model and then survey the literature on household saving and bequest behavior in Japan in …-cycle model applies to at least some extent in all countries but that there is more consistent support for this model in Japan …