In this article, we analyze the household consumption tax burden in Japan. One of characteristics of our research is to analyze it, taking into account other household burdens such as income tax and social security contributions. We modify the micro simulation analysis used by Tajika and Yashio...

This paper analyzes female happiness decision factor related with child care using the data of JPSC (Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers). JPSC is targeted for 20-40 females and has questions of subjective happiness and life satisfaction. We establish a hypothesis that subjective happiness is in...

In this paper, the natural catastrophe insurance systems of the world, including Japan's, are classified and compared from three aspects: government commitment, insurance scheme, and mitigation incentives. Through the study, the strengths and weaknesses of the Japanese earthquake insurance...

The gender wage gap among full-time workers has narrowed in the last 15 years in Japan. The demographic characteristics of full-time employees also has changed during the same period. The changed composition of workers could result in an observed gender wage convergence without any change in the...

The enforcement of the revised Antimonopoly Law in January, 2006 leads to the upward revision of surcharges. Since the surcharge is levied under an administrative procedure, the due process is different from that of the criminal case. The largest difference in the procedural due process is in...

The report by OECD, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, "Economic Survey of Japan 2006", shows Japan is equal in distribution of before-tax-income and not equal in distribution of after-tax-income in comparison with the other OECD countries. This article analyzes...

Motivation A purpose of this report is to analyze contributions of Information Technology (IT) in Japanese companies using firm-level data. Many precedent studies have been done in the U.S., and they made an agreement that there exist the output contributions of IT. On the other hand, some...

1.Motivation In the estimation of the national accounts of the Japanese economy for FY2004, we have conducted both an annual and a benchmark revision of every five years to enhance the accuracy of the estimates. Based on the revised data, this report has clarified and analyzed recent remarkable...

In Japan's local authorities, management has not worked well; one of the reasons seems that they have few definite visions and values in top management. In the advanced cases of the Europe and USA, most of them apply strategic management model based on SWOT-analysis. The purpose of this article...

This paper attempts to review the "16 economic mechanisms" of the EMU (Economic and Monetary Union) in Europe summarized in "One Market, One Money" (1990). Some of their impacts may have already appeared, and others may still be unknown. In the author's opinion, two groups -"impacts relating to...