Designing effective childcare policies on birthrate: Empirical analysis focusing on budget allocation

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26780174
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Public finance/Public economy
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	Arawatari Ryo 名古屋大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (20547335)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords	子育て費用 / 等価尺度 / ロスバース法
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In this study, I estimated changes across time in the cost of children. I used the data of the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers(JPSC) conducted by the Institute for Research on Household Economics, and estimated the child cost using the Rothbarth equivalence scales. The estimates show that the cost of a child aged 0-2 years increased greatly from the period from 1993 to 1999 to　the period from 2003 to 2009. This implies an increase in the child cost in the early stages of the childcare.