This study examines the health capacity to work among older persons in Japan-that is, how much longer older persons can … work based on their health status using nationwide population-based surveys. We first examine how much older persons could … how much older persons could work if they worked as much as younger persons in similar health (Cutler, Meara, and Richards …

The research objective of this paper is to test whether health conditions and health behavior are related to home … homeowners consistently report better health and less physical problems. The significance of home ownership remains even after … their future health by undergoing voluntarily medical screenings more frequently. Finally, our estimations suggest that home …

The research objective of this paper is to test whether health conditions and health behavior are related to home … homeowners consistently report better health and less physical problems. The significance of home ownership remains even after … their future health by undergoing voluntarily medical screenings more frequently. Finally, our estimations suggest that home …

heterogeneity across genders and found that women drive the causal relationship between college education and health behavior in …

-range of birth outcomes, including birth weight, gestational age and an indicator of general newborn health. We control for … of having a late birth and negatively affected newborn health - with the largest effects for earthquakes that occurred in …

This study analyzes the role of education in the outcomes of the reform of the Japanese annual health checkup program … changes in health behaviors and outcomes only among university graduates who were at a relatively high risk of metabolic …

parental health remains fairly inconclusive. The aim of this paper is twofold: (1) to estimate a reliable coresidence effect … and (2) to investigate why the coresidence effect can be negative. I argue that coresidence may worsen parental health …, with coresidence burdens on children creating disincentives for parents to invest in their health. Studying Japanese data …