REVIEW OF ECONOMICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD 14(3) 553-575 2016年9月 [査読有り]
The Japanese government approved the use of oral contraception (OC) in 1999, but OC users remain a small minority in Japan. Using the results of an online survey conducted in 2010, I examine the factors determining Japanese women's choice of contr...
ECONOMICS & HUMAN BIOLOGY 18 125-138 2015年7月 [査読有り]
The body mass index (BMI) of the Japanese is significantly lower than is found in other high-income countries. Moreover, the average BMI of Japanese women is lower than that of Japanese men, and the age-specific BMI of Japanese women has decreased...
JOURNAL OF FAMILY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES 36(2) 192-209 2015年6月 [査読有り]
Children play a key role in supporting elderly parents, and the literature has consistently found reciprocity whereby parents compensate their children for providing care and attention. To understand how the mode of compensation is related to the ...
JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIES 32 42-55 2014年6月 [査読有り]
Previous studies have consistently found evidence of an income gradient in health among children in various countries, and studies in Anglo-Saxon countries have found that this gradient increases with child age. Using nationally representative ind...