As a final act, families of the deceased strive to implement funeral rites that are befitting of their loved one. However, perceived obligatory adherence to an immutable culture, plus emulation, can compel families to carry out a costly funeral. Yet, no data exist on financing and expenditure of...

Japan: An Introduction -- History -- Governance -- Demographic and Legal Frameworks -- Religion -- The Funeral Industry -- The Funeral -- Finances -- Cremation and Crematoria -- Cemeteries and Interment -- Commemoration -- Conservation.

"This book provides a shortform definitive reference text on funerary practice in Poland. An overview of the important features of the Polish funeral law, funerals, cremations, cemeteries and funeral industry, the book also covers the demographic characteristic of mortality in Poland. Drawing on...

Death is an expensive proposition. The economics of life do not end with death, and putting the deceased to rest carries (often-unexpected) funerary expenses for cremations, funerals, burials, and/or memorials. In 2019, the median cost of an adult funeral with viewing and burial exceeded $9,000....

Introduction -- Land Use Planning and the Sustainability Challenges -- The Nigerian Property Market Situation -- Negative Externalities and Social Exclusion in the City -- Housing Choice -- Modeling Choices with a Negative Externalities -- The Implication on Tenants’ Choice and Property Market...

This book discusses sustainable housing issues in urban areas throughout the Global South, revealing their complexity in terms of urban dynamics, housing markets and human interactions with the environment. Its main focus is on the location of graves within private residences, cemeteries in the...

Several studies have shown that path-dependent organizations may pathologically reproduce their paths even in times of crisis. The unchallenged retention of underlying strategic premises seems to play a key role in this selfdestructive process. Whereas the previous literature largely assumes...

The purpose of this article is to show, based on the case of the French market, that consumer perception of different funeral service offers can be sufficient to impose competitive pressures on the various suppliers, including the former monopolist. With a discrete choice experiment implemented...

Das wirtschaftliche Handeln auf dem Bestattungsmarkt war lange Zeit stark durch soziale Normen geprägt, die eine Ökonomisierung verhinderten. Seit einigen Jahren lässt sich jedoch in diesem Bereich eine stärkere Ausrichtung des Handelns an Effizienz- und Rentabilitätskriterien beobachten....

Das wirtschaftliche Handeln auf dem Bestattungsmarkt war lange Zeit stark durch soziale Normen geprägt, die eine Ökonomisierung verhinderten. Seit einigen Jahren lässt sich jedoch in diesem Bereich eine stärkere Ausrichtung des Handelns an Effizienz- und Rentabilitätskriterien beobachten....

The need for a proper burial is widely felt. This paper makes use of an original data set to explore the relationship between the prices of cemetery plots and the prices of housing. It considers a simple model where the services from both real estate and funeral homes enter individuals' utility...

We examine the costs associated with funerals and the effects of funeral spending on household functioning, using data collected in the Agincourt Demographic Surveillance Site in South Africa. We find that large outlays of money at the time of the funeral leave households vulnerable to future...

We analyze funeral arrangements following the deaths of 3,751 people who died between January 2003 and December 2005 in the Africa Centre Demographic Surveillance Area. We find that, on average, households spend the equivalent of a year's income for an adult's funeral, measured at median per...

Trotz ihrer zunehmenden Betrachtung durch die Produktionstheorie werden Dienstleistungen bis dato nur ansatzweise durch produktionstheoretische Modelle abgebildet. Aufbauend auf dem Instrumentarium der Aktivitätsanalyse zeigt der vorliegende Arbeitsbericht bestehende Modellierungsdefizite auf,...

We examine the costs associated with funerals and the effects of funeral spending on household functioning, using data collected in the Agincourt Demographic Surveillance Site in South Africa. We find that large outlays of money at the time of the funeral leave households vulnerable to future...

"We examine the costs associated with funerals and the effects of funeral spending on household functioning, using data collected in the Agincourt Demographic Surveillance Site in South Africa. We find that large outlays of money at the time of the funeral leave households vulnerable to future...

We analyze funeral arrangements following the deaths of 3,751 people who died between January 2003 and December 2005 in the Africa Centre Demographic Surveillance Area. We find that, on average, households spend the equivalent of a year's income for an adult's funeral, measured at median per...