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The Effects of living arrangement for the elderly on Happiness and Poverty

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K13754
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Public finance/Public economy
Research InstitutionChuo University

Principal Investigator

Matsuura Tsukasa  中央大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (50520863)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords幸福度 / 生活満足度 / 高齢者 / 単身世帯 / ジェンダー / 貧困 / 国際比較 / 単身高齢者 / 少子高齢化 / 未婚化 / 生活保護 / 日中比較 / 高齢化 / 少子化 / 主観的厚生 / 高齢者就業 / 日本的雇用慣行 / 東アジア各国比較 / 格差
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigates the influence of living alone on the elderly’s subjective well-being (SWB), using longitudinal survey data from Japan and China. The main findings are as follows. First, the influence of living alone on SWB is not statistically significant for elderly Chinese women, while elderly Japanese women who live alone are likely to feel significantly happier. Second, living alone does not affect SWB of elderly Chinese men, while it significantly negatively affects the SWB of elderly Japanese men.
In addition, this study explores the effects of regional differences in elderly one-person households on regional differences in the public assistance rate for the elderly using data by prefecture. We show that a positive correlation between elderly single-male households and the public assistance rate for the elderly exists even when prefectural fixed effects are considered.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本は世界で最も高齢化が進展していることに加えて、高齢者の単身世帯化も進んでいる。高齢者の単身世帯化は、プライバシーを確保して、自分の生活を自己決定する意味でも正の側面もある。ただし、本研究では、高齢者の単身世帯化が特に男性の場合では主観的厚生を低下させたり、貧困につながりやすいことを実証した。
日本の高齢化や単身世帯化が今後も進むことは避けられないし、大家族制への回帰も現実的ではない。高齢者の単身世帯化が主観的厚生の低下や貧困につながることを定量的に示した本研究は、今後は高齢者の単身世帯化が主観的厚生の低下や貧困につながらないような政策について考える必要を示唆するものである。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Living Arrangements and Subjective Well-being of the Elderly in China and Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Tsukasa Matsuura and Xinxin Ma
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Happiness Studies

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 単身高齢世帯と高齢者の生活保護受給割合:都道府県別データを用いた検証2020

    • Author(s)
      松浦司
    • Journal Title

      中央大学 経済研究所 ディスカッション・ペーパー

      Volume: 333 Pages: 1-17

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 居住形態と高齢者の主観的厚生(well-being):日中比較2020

    • Author(s)
      松浦司
    • Journal Title

      中央大学 経済研究所 ディスカッション・ペーパー

      Volume: 332 Pages: 1-26

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] フィリピンにおける人口増加が経済成長や貧困に与える影響2019

    • Author(s)
      松浦司
    • Journal Title

      中央大学経済学論纂

      Volume: 60 Pages: 259-276

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report 2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 子ども数が親の生活満足度に与える影響の国際比較2019

    • Author(s)
      松浦司
    • Journal Title

      教育と医学

      Volume: 67-4 Pages: 22-28

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Employee representation in Japanese family and non-family SMEs2017

    • Author(s)
      Tsukasa Matsuura and Tomohiko Noda
    • Journal Title

      Munich Personal RePEc Archive

      Volume: 81539 Pages: 1-32

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] One-Person Households and Public Assistance in Japanese Elderly: An Analysis Using Prefectural Data2021

    • Author(s)
      松浦 司
    • Organizer
      日本人口学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] One-Person Households and Public Assistance in Japanese Elderly: An Analysis Using Prefectural Data2021

    • Author(s)
      松浦 司
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 単身高齢世帯と高齢者の生活保護受給割合:都道府県別データを用いた検証2020

    • Author(s)
      松浦司
    • Organizer
      日本応用経済学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Living Arrangement and Well-being of the Elderly in China and Japan2020

    • Author(s)
      Tsukasa Matsuura
    • Organizer
      The International Conference on Changing Family Life in East Asia
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Effects of Unions on Employment Conditions in Japanese SMEs2020

    • Author(s)
      松浦司
    • Organizer
      日本応用経済学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Fertility Intention and Birth Behavior in Japan and Korea2019

    • Author(s)
      Tsukasa Matsuura
    • Organizer
      Population Association of Taiwan
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Fertility Intention and Birth Behavior in Japan and Korea2019

    • Author(s)
      Tsukasa Matsuura
    • Organizer
      Asian & Australasian Society of Labour Economics
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 出産意欲と出産行動-日韓パネルデータを用いた分析2018

    • Author(s)
      松浦司
    • Organizer
      日本経済政策学会関東部会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 出産意欲と出産行動-日韓パネルデータを用いた分析2018

    • Author(s)
      松浦司
    • Organizer
      日本人口学会中部部会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Gender Difference in the Burden of Having Children2018

    • Author(s)
      Tsukasa Matsuura
    • Organizer
      International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Employee Relations and Representation in Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      Tsukasa Matsuura
    • Organizer
      Research seminar of Solair in UP Diliman
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Employee Relations and Representation in Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      Tsukasa Matsuura
    • Organizer
      UPSE-PCED Seminar in UP Diliman
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Employee Relations and Representation in Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      Tsukasa Matsuura
    • Organizer
      東京労働研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Gender Difference in the Burden of Having Children2017

    • Author(s)
      Tsukasa Matsuura
    • Organizer
      UPSE-PCED Seminar in UP Diliman
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Gender Difference in the Burden of Having Children2017

    • Author(s)
      Tsukasa Matsuura
    • Organizer
      17th Conference of the Science Council of Asia
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 寺村 絵里子編『日本・台湾の高学歴女性』2021

    • Author(s)
      松浦 司
    • Total Pages
      150
    • Publisher
      晃洋書房
    • ISBN
      9784771034082
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 有配偶者の出産意欲の日台比較 寺村絵里子編『日本・台湾の高学歴女性』2020

    • Author(s)
      松浦司
    • Total Pages
      150
    • Publisher
      晃洋書房
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 現代人口経済学2020

    • Author(s)
      松浦 司
    • Total Pages
      195
    • Publisher
      日本評論社
    • ISBN
      9784535559509
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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