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Precautionary public health, ageing and urban agglomeration

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  • Tohru Naito

    (Doshisha University)

  • Daisuke Ikazaki

    (Japan Women’s University)

  • Tatsuya Omori

    (Chukyo University)

Abstract

Introducing precautionary public health policy into an overlapping generations model with migration of households between regions, we discuss the causality between ageing and urban agglomeration. We analyze the effect of public policy to expand longevity on an equilibrium population distribution between an urban region and a rural region in a steady state. As the result of our analysis, it is possible that the promotion of precautionary public health policy leads to enlarge wage differentials and enlarge regional disparity.

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  • Tohru Naito & Daisuke Ikazaki & Tatsuya Omori, 2017. "Precautionary public health, ageing and urban agglomeration," Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 1(2), pages 655-669, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:apjors:v:1:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1007_s41685-017-0056-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s41685-017-0056-y
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    Keywords

    Precautionary health policy; Longevity; Ageing population distribution;
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    JEL classification:

    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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