International Comparative Research on Parent-Child Economic Relations and the Impact of Social Norms and Systems on Parent-Child Behavior

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22330083
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: 公益財団法人国際東アジア研究センター (2014); Osaka University (2010-2013)
• Principal Investigator: HORIOKA Charles Yuji 公益財団法人アジア成長研究所, その他部局等, 主席研究員 (90173632)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 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) ; KAN Mari 兵庫県立大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (80437433) ; WAKABAYASHI Midori 東北大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (60364022)
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 親子関係 / 親子同居 / 遺産動機 / 世代間移転 / 介護 / 利他主義 / 利己主義 / 家計行動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we conduct a theoretical and empirical analysis of the impact of bequest motives, social norms, and the social security system (especially the public long-term care insurance system) on the consumption, saving, labor supply, leisure, bequest, transfer, long-term care, and co-residence behavior of parents and children using micro data from China, India, Japan, the United States, etc. We find that the intra-family behavior of individuals varies greatly from country to country, with the Chinese and Japanese behaving relatively selfishly and Indians and Americans behaving relatively altruistically.

Free Research Field

経済学、特にマクロ経済学、家計経済学、日本経済、アジア経済