An Econometric Analysis of Parental Employment, Time Allocation, and Attitudes and Children's Human Capital Formation

• Project/Area Number: 16H03607
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Wakabayashi Midori 東北大学, 経済学研究科, 教授 (60364022)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 暮石 渉 国立社会保障・人口問題研究所, 社会保障応用分析研究部, 第3室長 (00509341) ; McKenzie Colin 慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(三田), 教授 (10220980) ; 梶谷 真也 京都産業大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (60510807) ; 坂田 圭 立命館大学, 経済学部, 教授 (60346137)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
• Budget Amount: ¥16,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,810,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
• Keywords: 家族経済学 / 公共経済 / 労働経済 / 社会保障政策 / 女性就労 / 教育 / 少子高齢化 / 人的資本 / 人的資本蓄積 / 応用計量経済分析 / 社会保障 / 女性就業 / 子ども / 経済政策 / 計量経済学 / 実証分析 / 介護 / 子ども・乳幼児期の貧困 / 貯蓄 / コミットメント / 認知・非認知能力 / 労働時間 / 保育所 / 貧困 / 応用計量経済学 / 非認知能力 / 人的投資

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Wakabayashi and Kureishi analyzed the impact of parental caregiving on their health. They had their analysis published in the Review of Development　Economics, and they analyzed marital commitment devices and had their analysis published in the Singapore Economic Review. They have also published child　poverty in the Social Security Research.
Kajitani investigated the effect of sleep on labor productivity and published his analysis in Economics and Human Biology. Finally, Kajitani, McKenzie, and Sakata examine　d the optimal hours of work for the health status of middle age and elderly workers and published their results in　SSM-Population Health.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

暮石・若林は、家族の形成、時間の使い方に関する研究を行い、貧困についての考察においては、一時点の貧困状態ではなく継続的な貧困について分析する必要性を示した。また、介護についても研究を行った。
梶谷・マッケンジー・坂田は、一貫して労働時間や睡眠時間など生活時間の研究に取り組んだ。特に、梶谷・マッケンジー・坂田は中高年男性の労働時間が健康状態に与える影響に関して分析を行い、女性と男性で結果にどのような違いが得られるかを確認しながら分析を進めた。異質性について丁寧に考慮する重要性を示したということである。政策的含意についても注意を払った。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Goethe University Frankfurt(ドイツ)
• [Journal Article] "The Return of Sleep," (2021)
  • Author(s): Shinya Kajitani
  • Journal Title: Economics and Human Biology Volume: vol. 41, 100986. Pages: 1-11
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2021.100986
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 乳幼児のいる世帯の貧困について (2020)
  • Author(s): 暮石渉、若林緑
  • Journal Title: 少子高齢社会における世代間移転と家族（法政大学比較経済研究所 濱秋 純哉 編） Volume: - Pages: 99-123
• [Journal Article] Time Preferences over the Life Cycle (2020)
  • Author(s): Kureishi Wataru、Paule-Paludkiewicz Hannah、Tsujiyama Hitoshi、Wakabayashi Midori
  • Journal Title: SSRN Electronic Journal Volume: -
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3547301
  • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] COMMITMENT DEVICES IN MARRIAGE FOR SAVINGS: EVIDENCE FROM JAPAN (2019)
  • Author(s): KUREISHI WATARU、WAKABAYASHI MIDORI
  • Journal Title: The Singapore Economic Review Volume: - Issue: 03 Pages: 1950038-1950038
  • DOI: 10.1142/s0217590819500383
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Differences in the effects of informal family caregiving on health and life satisfaction between wives and husbands as caregivers (2018)
  • Author(s): Midori Wakabayashi and Wataru Kureishi
  • Journal Title: Review of Development Economics Volume: 22(3) Issue: 3 Pages: 1063-1080
  • DOI: 10.1111/rode.12390
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Differences in the Effects of Informal Family Caregiving on Health and Life Satisfaction between Wives and Husbands as Caregivers (2018)
  • Author(s): Wakabayashi, M. and Kureishi, W.
  • Journal Title: Review of Development Economics Volume: 印刷中
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 子どものいる世帯の貧困の持続性の検証 (2017)
  • Author(s): 暮石 渉・若林 緑
  • Journal Title: 社会保障研究 Volume: 2(1) Pages: 90-106
• [Journal Article] 家族介護は介護者の健康を悪化させるのか？配偶者の親の要介護度を操作変数に使って (2016)
  • Author(s): 若林緑, 暮石渉
  • Journal Title: 季刊個人金融 Volume: 11(1) Pages: 1-11
• [Journal Article] 国民年金の未加入・未納と社会的つながり (2016)
  • Author(s): 暮石渉
  • Journal Title: 社会保障研究 Volume: 1(2) Pages: 308-322
• [Presentation] 保育所利用が父親の家事・育児参加に与える影響 (2020)
  • Author(s): 若林緑
  • Organizer: 東北大学現代経済学研究会
• [Presentation] Use it Too Much and Lose Everything? The Effects of Hours of Work on Health (2019)
  • Author(s): Colin McKenzie
  • Organizer: 2019 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Parents' allocation of time between work and child care (2019)
  • Author(s): Colin McKenzie
  • Organizer: 87th International Atlantic Economic Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Child Poverty in Japan Using Japanese Longitudinal Data (2017)
  • Author(s): 若林緑
  • Organizer: 第 11 回「実証的なモラルサイエンス」研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学（北海道・札幌市）
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-09
• [Presentation] Child Poverty in Japan Using Japanese Longitudinal Data (2017)
  • Author(s): Wakabayashi, M.
  • Organizer: FIRST MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD San Diego
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Child Poverty in Japan Using Japanese Longitudinal Data (2017)
  • Author(s): Wataru KUREISHI
  • Organizer: The 16th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Child Poverty in Japan Using Japanese Longitudinal Data (2017)
  • Author(s): 暮石渉
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会2017年度春季大会
• [Presentation] Does Informal Family Caregiving Worsen Caregivers’ Health? (2016)
  • Author(s): Wakabayashi Midori
  • Organizer: Asian Development Bank Institute and Asian Growth Research Institute Workshop on Aging in Asia
  • Place of Presentation: Kitakyushu, Hotel Harmonie Cinq(Tropiques Station, 2nd Floor, 12-3 Ohtemachi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 803-0814, Japan)
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-15
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Child Poverty in Japan Using Japanese Longitudinal Data (2016)
  • Author(s): 若林緑
  • Organizer: 比較研プロジェクト研究会(法政大学)
  • Place of Presentation: 法政大学市ヶ谷キャンパス（東京都・千代田区）
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-01
• [Presentation] Child poverty in Japan using Japanese longitudinal data (2016)
  • Author(s): Wataru Kureishi
  • Organizer: Money and Macro Brown Bag Seminar
  • Place of Presentation: House of Finance, Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt (ドイツ)
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Does a Mother’s Early Return to Work After Childbirth Improve Her Future Employment Status?: A Quasi-experiment Using Japanese Data (2016)
  • Author(s): 暮石渉
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会2016年度春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学（愛知県・名古屋市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-18