Development of measuring methods for the indirect economic damages from the natural disaster.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24330091
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Gakushuin University (2014-2015); Nihon University (2012-2013)
• Principal Investigator: Inui Tomohiko 学習院大学, その他部局等, 教授 (10328669)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): EDAMURA Kazuma 文部科学省科学技術, 学術政策研究所, 研究員 (20599930) ; UJIE Kiyokazu 筑波大学, 生命環境科学研究科(系), 准教授 (30401714) ; TAKIZAWA Miho 東洋大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (50509247) ; MIYAKAWA Daisuke 一橋大学, 大学院国際企業戦略研究科, 准教授 (00734667)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YOKOI Norie 流通経済大学, 流通情報学部, 准教授 (40615928)
• Research Collaborator: MURAKAMI Yoshiaki ; TAKABE Isao ; KUGA Nobunori
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 経済政策 / 自然災害 / 間接被害 / 風評被害

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to examine the indirect economic damages from the natural disaster. We examine the indirect damages caused by the Japanese Great Earthquake, and obtained the following results: 1)The establishments with a larger number of employees, higher labor productivity, and belong to headquarters with a large number of employees, and higher liquidity experienced a rapid recovery in their level of output. 2)The evacuees who are still away from home have the worst labor market performance in terms of employment and the lowest earnings. 3)The consumer has a tendency to refrain the agricultural products from Fukushima prefecture and neighboring areas with the fear of radioactive contamination.

Free Research Field

生産性