Economic Analysis of Intergenerational Issues

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18002001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Humanities and Social Sciences
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: TAKAYAMA Noriyuki Hitotsubashi University, 経済研究所, 教授 (30102940)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SUZUMURA Kotaro 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 名誉教授 (00017550) ; AOKI Reiko 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (10361841)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): GENDA Yuji 東京大学, 社会科学研究所, 教授 (90245366) ; OGURA Seiritsu 法政大学, 経済学部, 教授 (90152446) ; HARA Chiaki 京都大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (90314468) ; SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi 経済産業研究所, コンサルティングフェロー (20377039)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2009
• Keywords: 世代間 / 衡平性 / 年金 / 雇用 / 医療 / 介護 / 高齢化 / 少子化

Research Abstract

This project made both theoretical and empirical analyses of intergenerational issues from an economic point of view. It addressed pension, health care and employment problems in the context of the population aging/decline. It clarified current and future intergenerational situations of economic well-being, examined cohort-by-cohort moti-vations to mitigate intergenerational conflicts, deepened conceptual understanding of intergene- rational equity, and provided a new analytical framework to overcome a dilemma between equity and efficiency of intertemporal resource allocation. It also conducted several surveys including the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR). It provided solid measures to achieve intergenerational cooperation, as well.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Long-term Effects of a Recession at Labor Market Entry in Japan and the United States (2010)
  • Author(s): Genda, Y., Kondo, A., Ohta, S.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Human Resources 45(refereed) Pages: 157-196
• [Journal Article] Revisiting the Japanese Comprehensive Reimbursement Scheme for the Elderly Outpatients during 1996-2002 Period: How It Affected Japanese Health Care Practices (2010)
  • Author(s): Ogura, S.
  • Journal Title: Japanese Journal of Health Economics and Policy 21(refereed) Pages: 191-211
• [Journal Article] On Fifty Million Floating Pension Records in Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): Takayama, N.
  • Journal Title: The Geneva Papers 34(refereed) Pages: 631-638
• [Journal Article] Pre-Grant Patent Publication and Cumulative Innovation (2009)
  • Author(s): Aoki, R., Spiegel, Y.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Industrial Organization 27(refereed) Pages: 333-345
• [Journal Article] Heterogeneous Impatience in a Continuous-time Model (2009)
  • Author(s): Hara, C.
  • Journal Title: Mathematics and Financial Economics 2(refereed) Pages: 129-149
• [Journal Article] Has Japan's Long-Term Employment Practice Survived? Developments since the 1990s (2009)
  • Author(s): Shimizutani, S., Yokoyama, I.
  • Journal Title: Industrial and Labor Relations Review 62(3)(refereed) Pages: 313-326
• [Journal Article] A Characterization of Consistent Collective Choice Rules (2008)
  • Author(s): Bossert, W., Suzumura, K.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Economic Theory 138(refereed) Pages: 311-320
• [Journal Article] Continuity and Egalitarianism in the Evaluation of Infinite Utility Streams (2008)
  • Author(s): Hara, C., Shinotsuka, T., Suzumura, K., Xu, Y.
  • Journal Title: Social Choice and Welfare 31(refereed) Pages: 179-191
• [Journal Article] Jobless Youths and the NEET Problem in Japan (2007)
  • Author(s): Genda, Y.
  • Journal Title: Social Science Japan Journal 10(1)(refereed) Pages: 23-40
• [Journal Article] 少子化の経済的インパクト (2006)
  • Author(s): 青木玲子・蓬田守弘
  • Journal Title: 少子化の経済分析 Pages: 49-66
• [Journal Article] 就業に関する中高年と若年の対立とその後 (2006)
  • Author(s): 玄田有史
  • Journal Title: 少子化の経済分析 Pages: 93-11
• [Journal Article] Demography and Ageing (2006)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, N., Takayama, N.G.L., Munnell, A.H., Orszag, J.M. eds.
  • Journal Title: The Oxford Handbook of Pensions and Retirement Income, Oxford: Oxford University Press (refereed) Pages: 163-182
• [Journal Article] Reforming Social Security in Japan: Is NDC the Answer? (2006)
  • Author(s): Takayama, N. Holzmann, R., Palmer, E. eds.
  • Journal Title: Pension Reform: Issues and Prospect for Non-financial Defined Contribution (NDC) Schemes, World Bank (refereed) Pages: 639-647
• [Presentation] Effect of Patent Pools on Innovation (2010)
  • Author(s): Aoki, R.
  • Organizer: Pacific Rim Innovation Conference
  • Place of Presentation: University of Melbourne Law School
  • Year and Date: 2010-01-23
• [Presentation] Keynote Speech: Reforming Pension Implementation in Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): Takayama, N.
  • Organizer: MHLW-ISSA-PIE Seminar on Priority Challenges in Pension Administration
  • Place of Presentation: MITA Kaigisho, Tokyo
  • Year and Date: 2010-01-20
• [Presentation] Japanese Youth, Employment, and Hope (2009)
  • Author(s): Genda, Y.
  • Organizer: 4th Joint East Asian Studies Conference
  • Place of Presentation: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-09
• [Presentation] An Examination On the Scope of Caregiver Reaction Assessment (2009)
  • Author(s): Ogura, S.
  • Organizer: International Health Economic Association, 7th World Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing, China
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-13
• [Presentation] Pension Recordkeeping Problems in Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): Takayama, N.
  • Organizer: 2009 Australian Colloquium of Superannuation
  • Place of Presentation: University of New South Wales, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-04
• [Book] Fertility and Public Policy (2010)
  • Author(s): Takayama, N., Werding, M. eds.
  • Publisher: MIT Press(forthcoming)
• [Book] Consistency, Choice, and Rationality (2010)
  • Author(s): Bossert, W., Suzumura, K.
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press(forthcoming)
• [Book] First Results from the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) (2010)
  • Author(s): Ichimura, H., Hashimoto, H., Shimizutani, S.
  • Publisher: In-house publishing(forthcoming)
• [Book] 年金と子ども手当 (2010)
  • Author(s): 高山憲之
  • Total Pages: 144
  • Publisher: 岩波書店
• [Book] Topics in Economics of Intellectual Property and Innovation (2010)
  • Author(s): Aoki, R.
  • Total Pages: 178
  • Publisher: Maruzen Co. Ltd.
• [Book] 厚生経済学の基礎 (2009)
  • Author(s): 鈴村興太郎
  • Total Pages: 574
  • Publisher: 岩波書店
• [Book] Closing the Coverage Gap: the Role of Social Pensions (2009)
  • Author(s): Holzmann, R., Robalino, D., Takayama, N. eds.
  • Total Pages: 242
  • Publisher: World Bank
• [Book] 希望学[4]希望のはじまり-流動化する世界で (2009)
  • Author(s): 東大社研・玄田有史・宇野重規編
  • Total Pages: 295
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
• [Book] 希望学[3]希望をつなぐ-釜石からみた地域社会の未来 (2009)
  • Author(s): 東大社研・玄田有史・中村尚史編
  • Total Pages: 341
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
• [Book] 希望学[2]希望の再生-釜石の歴史と産業が語るもの (2009)
  • Author(s): 東大社研・玄田有史・中村尚史編
  • Total Pages: 344
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
• [Book] 希望学[1]希望を語る-社会科学の新たな地平へ (2009)
  • Author(s): 東大社研・玄田有史・宇野重規編
  • Total Pages: 295
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
• [Book] Intergerational Equity and Sustainability (2007)
  • Author(s): Roemer, J., Suzumura, K. eds.
  • Total Pages: 256
  • Publisher: Palgrave
• [Book] 少子化の経済分析 (2006)
  • Author(s): 高山憲之・斎藤修編
  • Total Pages: 286
  • Publisher: 東洋経済新報社
• [Book] 世代間衡平性の論理と倫理 (2006)
  • Author(s): 鈴村興太郎編
  • Total Pages: 370
  • Publisher: 東洋経済新報社
• [Remarks] (1)ホームページ
  • URL: http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/pie/stage2/Japanese/
• [Remarks] (2)新聞記事等
• [Remarks] (1)高山憲之「子ども手当の経済効果 世帯構成で差」日本経済新聞、2009年9月14日
• [Remarks] (2)青木玲子「高齢化の下での選挙制度」日本経済新聞、2009年8月28日
• [Remarks] (3)鈴村興太郎「持続可能な社会の制度設計:世代間のバランス重視を」日本経済新聞、2008年10月28日
• [Remarks] (4)高山憲之「年金記録漏れ、海外でも」日本経済新聞、2008年7月25日
• [Remarks] (5)高山憲之「消えた加入記録:年金点検 政府の総力で」読売新聞、2007年6月7日
• [Remarks] (6)高山憲之「年金等の社会問題を世代間の利害に着目しながら解明」『科研費NEWS』2007年、第4号
• [Remarks] (7)清水谷諭「社会保障制度の再設計へ「世界標準」のデータの整備を」日本経済新聞、2007年3月16日