2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Wealth Accumulation and Health Accumulation
| Project/Area Number |
20730156
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOHARA Miki 大阪大学, 大学院・国際公共政策研究科, 准教授 (80304046)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | 労働経済学 / 消費行動 / リスク / 格差 / 医療経済学 |
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| Research Abstract |
I conducted several empirical analyses on the relationship between wealth accumulation and health accumulation, using different kinds of Japanese individual data. The main results are as follows. First, individual preferences for time and risk are the important factors determining precautionary behaviors, which indeed changes health status. Second, the health-related activities, say food preparation, may be disturbed by mother' s labor force participation in lower middle classes. Third, parent' s unemployment deteriorates health condition of newborn babies. Fourth, the relationship between wealth and health is not a simple correlation, but a real causation from more wealth to better health.
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[Presentation] Health and workenvironment2012
Author(s)
小原美紀
Organizer
Conference on" Ageing Populations and New Opportunities for Businesses in Europe and Japan"
Place of Presentation
EU-Japan Centrefor Industrial Cooperation(Brussels, Belguim)
Year and Date
2012-03-15
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