Employing the Japan-U.S. international survey, this study analyzed the cause of rising perception of the widening income gap in Japan. Between these two countries, their distinct value judgments on the substance of gap influence their recognition. Japanese have negative perception of the income...

We empirically investigated how voluntary helping behavior is influenced by the number of its potential recipients by using a nationwide survey in Japan (N = 1,333) and examining the relationship between blood type and blood donation behavior. It is generally known in Japan that type O blood can...

Employing the Japan-U.S. international survey, this study analyzed the cause of rising perception of the widening income gap in Japan. Between these two countries, their distinct value judgments on the substance of gap influence their recognition. Japanese have negative perception of the income...

Japanese Abstract: 本研究では、『就業構造基本調査』の個票データを用いて、最低賃金 が就業と貧困に与える影響について分析を行った。 最低賃金の引き上げが就業に与える影響はつぎの３点にまとめられ る。（１）15...

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A growing number of empirical studies have aimed to identify dynamic inconsistency by combining diverse sets of elicitation designs and tested the extent to which this important component of individual heterogeneity predicts behavior; however, relatively little consensus on which designs are the...

After severe disasters, persons living not only in the directly affected areas, but also in distant areas could be seriously affected thorough images of the disaster on television and in newspapers. Hence, it can be difficult to define qualified beneficiaries for policy compensation in terms of...

Temporary agency work (TAW) is believed to facilitate the matching between firms and on-the-job searchers. This leads to shortening of the unemployment and job search duration. On the other hand, firms that hire temporary workers have less incentive to train them, which makes it difficult for...

This paper proposes a new test of the efficient structure hypothesis by directly examining the relation between firm efficiency and firm growth. This is also a test of the so-called quiet-life hypothesis. Applying this test to large banks in Japan, we find that more efficient banks become...

This paper examines whether the efficiency structure hypothesis holds true for major Japanese commercial banks using panel data covering fiscal years 1974-2001. The efficiency structure hypothesis has been hitherto mostly examined in comparison with the structure-conduct-performance (SCP)...