An Economic Analysis of Family Conflicts and Reciprocal Behaviors

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24730262
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
• Principal Investigator: Kureishi Wataru 国立社会保障・人口問題研究所, 社会保障応用分析研究部, 第4室長 (00509341)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: きょうだい / 家族 / 貯蓄 / 社会保障

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project aims to clarify theoretically the strategical interactions among family members and to establish a basis for developments to empirical analyses and applications to the social security and family policy.
(1) I conducted an analysis on the relation between single women and precautionary savings, and the paper titled “What motivates single women to save? the case of Japan” was published in a peer reviewed English journal. (2) I conducted an analysis on familial strategic behaviors and long-term care, which was published in Quarterly of Personal Finance.

Free Research Field

Economics