We examine the poverty rates and the income configurations among Japan and the LIS countries. The LIS countries are … Germany, Italy, the UK, Denmark, the US, and Taiwan. We divide household including elderly into five types: living alone … decreasing recently in Japan. In Japan and Taiwan even in households cohabiting with children, the poverty rates and income …

household’s available time for home activities. Using a survey method in two countries, Belgium and Germany, we provide … household incomes that retain the level of well-being across different family types, distinguished by family size and employment … determinants of household well-being. Estimates of child costs relative to an adult are higher for households that are time …