An Empirical Study of The influence of the Livelihood Infrastructure to the Fertility Rate in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20530285
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Public finance/Monetary economics
Research Institution	Meijo University
Principal Investigator	AKAGI Hirobumi Meijo University, 都市情報学部, 教授 (30254270)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords	出生率 / 社会資本 / 実証分析 / 資本化仮説 / 地価
Research Abstract	The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse the influence of the livelihood infrastructure to the fertility rate in Japan. The main conclusion of this empirical analysis using panel data is as follows. The total effect of the infrastructure to the fertility rate is negative in almost areas. It implies that the livelihood infrastructure decreases the fertility rate contrary to our expectation. And in the total effect of several livelihood infrastructures, the effect of road and city park is negative, the effect of public housing, water service and sewerage system is positive.