Research on disparities in household finances and the aging of household

Using micro-level household data, we will summarize changes in household structure and asset distribution, examine the effects of various policies, and analyze the relationship with household economic behavior such as consumption and savings.

(Keizai Bunseki(Economic Analysis))

• No.200 (article 1): “Bequest Motives and the Saving Behavior of the Elderly: Empirical Evidence from a Japanese Household Survey”
  Junya Hamaaki and Masahiro Hori, June,2019.
• No.190 (article 6): “Estimation of Annual Consumption Expenditures by Japanese Households Based on the Microdata from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey: Estimation Methods and Illustrative Tables and Figures”
  Junya Hamaaki, Masahiro Hori, Koichiro Iwamoto, Keiko Murata, Takeshi Niizeki, Fumihiko Suga, January,2016.
• No.189 (article 4): “Estimation of Real Assets Holdings by Japanese Households Based on the Microdata from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey: Estimation Methods and Illustrative Tables and Figures”
  Junya Hamaaki, Masahiro Hori, Koichiro Iwamoto, Saeko Maeda, Keiko Murata, Takeshi Niizeki, February,2015

(ESRI Discussion Paper Series)

• No.378: “Measuring Income Inequality in Japan Using Accurate Sampling Weights”
  Masahiro Hori, Saeko Maeda, Fumihiko Suga, May, 2023
• No.377: “Media Influence on Public Attitudes toward Japan's Value-Added Tax”
  Masahiro Hori, May, 2023
• No.366: “Do the Self-Employed Underreport Their Income? Evidence from Japanese Panel Data”
  Takeshi Niizeki and Junya Hamaaki, September, 2021.
• No.364: “Inflation Expectations and Household Expenditure: Evidence from Pseudo-Panel Data in Japan”
  Takeshi Niizeki, July, 2021.
• No.358: “In Search of Accurate Measures of Income Inequality across Japanese Households”
  Masahiro Hori, Saeko Maeda, Fumihiko Suga, December, 2020.
• No.356: “The Impact of the Rise and Collapse of Japan's Housing Price Bubble on Households' Lifetime Utility”
  Takeshi Niizeki, Fumihiko Suga, August, 2020.
• No.350: “Estimating Consumption Inequality in Japan over the Last Three Decades”
  Kazuhito Higa, August, 2019.
• No.347: “The Effect of Inheritance Receipt on Individual Labor Supply: Evidence from Japanese Microdata”
  Takeshi Niizeki, Masahiro Hori, July, 2018.
• No.346: “Dissaving by the elderly in Japan: Empirical evidence from survey data”
  Keiko Murata, March, 2018.
• No.339: “Housing Wealth Effects in Japan: Evidence Based on Household Micro Data”
  Masahiro Hori, Takeshi Niizeki, September, 2017.

(New ESRI Working paper)

• Do Households Smooth Expenditure over Anticipated Income Changes? Evidence from Bonus Payments to Public Employees in Japan(New ESRI Working Paper No.25)(Move to the Web Archiving Project (WARP) by National Diet Library.)
  Masahiro Hori and Satoshi Shimizutani(December 2011)
• How Does the First Job Matter for an Individual's Career Life in Japan?(New ESRI Working Paper No.20)(Move to the Web Archiving Project (WARP) by National Diet Library.)
  Junya Hamaaki, Masahiro Hori, Saeko Maeda, and Keiko Murata(May 2011)
• The Response of Household Expenditure to Anticipated Income Changes(New ESRI Working Paper No.13)(Move to the Web Archiving Project (WARP) by National Diet Library.)
  Masahiro Hori, Chang-Tai Hsieh, and Satoshi Shimizutani(August 2009)

(ESRI Research Note)

• No.77: “On the decline in propensity to consume during the Abenomics period”(PDF:1.17MB)
  Keiko Murata, Masahiro Hori, May 2023
• No.76: “Do People Correctly Measure Their Satisfaction?”(PDF:364KB)
  Kazuhito Higa, May 2023