We examine the poverty rates and the income configurations among Japan and the LIS countries. The LIS countries are … decreasing recently in Japan. In Japan and Taiwan even in households cohabiting with children, the poverty rates and income … configurations differ depending on the marital status of the children. Poverty rates are higher in case of cohabiting with unmarried …

, optimal decisions made before payday may no longer be optimal afterward, which could reinforce poverty. By exploiting Social …

-Japan bilateral agreements on unemployment, income distribution and poverty. The results indicate contraction in agriculture but … industry. Unemployment in agriculture deteriorates while in industry improves. Thus income inequality worsens. However, poverty … has the least poverty incidence while rural has the highest. The generally favourable poverty effects are due to the …