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Horioka, Charles; Niimi, Yoko - 2019

head in the 50-59 age group) in Japan do not have inordinate amounts of debt and that their financial health is … they could previously. We therefore need to monitor the borrowing behavior of this cohort over time as the Bank of Japan …

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The wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan : the relative importance of precautionary saving and bequest motives

Niimi, Yoko; Horioka, Charles - 2018

This paper analyzes the determinants of the wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan using unique … expected wealth decumulation rate of the retired elderly, at least in the case of Japan, even though both precautionary saving … burden of parental care may also affect the wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan. Given that parental …

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Analysis of age discrimination in the rental housing market in Japan : an approach using a fair housing audit

Nakagawa, Masayuki (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

A fair housing audit is an important tool for measuring racial and ethnic discrimination in housing market, so they are widely used for policy purposes in the U.S. Each audit consists of a visit to a real estate agent by a minority individual and a majority individual with equal qualification....

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Why is there discrimination against the elderly? : Experimental and empirical analyses for the rental housing market in Japan

Nakagawa, Masayuki (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Nakagawa(2001) and Nakagawa(2002) applies a fair housing audit technique to age discrimination in Japanese rental housing market, using data from the 2001 Osaka Audits. However, the experimental design of the study had some problems to be improved, e.g. lacked generality. This paper reports the...

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Do the elderly dissave in Japan?

Horioka, Charles (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

In this paper, I summarize Albert Ando’s seminal and ingenious work on the saving behavior of the elderly in Japan and … that the retired elderly in Japan dissave, in accordance with the life cycle hypothesis of saving, and that all of the … available data and evidence suggest that the life cycle hypothesis of saving is highly applicable in the case of Japan. …

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The (dis)saving behavior of the aged in Japan

Horioka, Charles - 2009

In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some … survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of … the case of Japan. -- Age structure of the population ; aged ; aging ; consumption ; dissaving ; elderly ; households …

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What makes people anxious about life after the age of 65? : evidence from international survey research in Japan, the United States, and China

Kadoya, Yoshihiko - 2012

social contexts: Japan, the United States, and China. This research uncovered three major findings. First, the speed of … lessens people's levels of anxiety about their older years in Japan and the United States. Third, living with a child does not …

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Towards an age-friendly city : the constraints preventing the elderly's participation in community programs in Akita City

Kadoya, Yoshihiko - 2013

-Friendly City" by Akita City Government in Japan, a member of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global Network of Age …

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The dissaving of the aged revisited : the case of Japan

Horioka, Charles (contributor) - 2006

In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some … survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of … that this model is highly applicable in the case of Japan. -- Saving ; dissaving ; consumption ; aged ; elderly …

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Temporal instability of risk preference among the poor : evidence from payday cycles

Akesaka, Mika; Eibich, Peter; Hanaoka, Chie; Shigeoka, … - 2021 - Current version: May 3, 2021

The poor live paycheck to paycheck and are repeatedly exposed to strong cyclical income fluctuations. We investigate whether such income fluctuations affect risk preference among the poor. If risk preference temporarily changes around payday, optimal decisions made before payday may no longer be...

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