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

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• 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.

Free Research Field

公共経済学