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Altruism and the care of elderly parents: Evidence from Japanese families

Kohara, Miki; Ohtake, Fumio - 2006

This paper analyzes what adult children would do for their parents were they frail and in need of long-term care. Focusing on the special case of parents' illness, the paper then investigates altruism in Japanese children. Descriptive statistics show that about 30% of adult children living...

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Do borrowing constraints matter? An analysis of why the permanent income hypothesis does not apply in Japan

Kohara, Miki; Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2006

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Is longer unemployment rewarded with longer job tenure?

Kohara, Miki; Sasaki, Masaru; Machikita, Tomohiro - 2012

This paper examines whether or not a prolonged unemployment period can raise the quality of job matching after unemployment. We focus on job tenure as an indicator of a good quality job match after unemployment. We match two sets of Japanese administrative data compiled by the public employment...

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Is the full-time housewife a symbol of a wealthy family?

Kohara, Miki - In: The Japanese economy : translations and studies 34 (2007/08) 4, pp. 25-56

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Do borrowing constraints matter? : An analysis of why the permanent income hypothesis does not apply in Japan

Kohara, Miki (contributor); Horioka, Charles (contributor) - 2006

importance of borrowing constraints in Japan. We find (1) that 8 to 15 percent of young married Japanese households are borrowing … does not apply in Japan and that the presence of borrowing constraints is not the main reason why it does not apply …. -- Borrowing constraints ; Liquidity constraints ; Consumption ; Life Cycle/Permanent Income Hypothesis ; Permanent Income …