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Preference for Childbirth Support Measures: Results of a Stated-choice Experiment in Japan

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  • Junyi Shen

    (Research Institute of Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, JAPAN and School of Economics, Shanghai University, CHINA)

  • Ken-Ichi Shimomura

    (College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and Research Institute of Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, JAPAN)

Abstract

The population decline associated with Japan's declining birth rate will have many effects on the Japanese economy and society. Currently, the Japanese government plans to implement a series of childbirth support measures to increase the birth rate. In this study, we conduct a stated-choice experiment using an online questionnaire survey to elicit Japanese women's preferences for childbirth support measures such as childbirth lump-sum payment, child medical expenses subsidy, common supermarket discount card issued after childbirth, childcare fee exemption, preferential housing treatment, children's education expense subsidy, and childcare leave periods for couples. Most of these measures were found to significantly affect respondents' preferences in the full-sample estimation. Meanwhile, individuals' heterogeneities in preferences for childbirth support measures were also observed using different subsamples based on respondents' age, number of children, overall education level, employment status, and annual household income.

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  • Junyi Shen & Ken-Ichi Shimomura, 2024. "Preference for Childbirth Support Measures: Results of a Stated-choice Experiment in Japan," Discussion Paper Series DP2024-19, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University.
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