Household behavior in the US and Japan: cohort analysis

Intro -- HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR IN THE US AND JAPAN: COHORT ANALYSIS -- HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR IN THE US AND JAPAN: COHORT ANALYSIS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 AGE-PERIOD-COHORT DECOMPOSITION -- 2.1. STANDARD COHORT TABLE -- 2.2. COHORT MODEL AND IDENTIFICATION PROBLEM -- 2.3. GENERAL COHORT TABLE -- Chapter 3 METHODS -- 3.1. CONSTRAINED MULTIPLE REGRESSION METHODS -- 3.2. PROXY VARIABLE APPROACH -- 3.3. BAYESIAN COHORT MODEL -- 3.4. AGE-PERIOD-COHORT MIXED MODEL -- 3.5. PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS OR PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES METHOD -- 3.6. AN EMPIRICAL APPLICATION -- Chapter 4 SIMULATION STUDIES -- 4.1. SIMULATION DESIGN -- 4.2. COMPARISON OF MODEL FITNESS -- 4.3. COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCES OF THE PC AND PLS METHODS -- 4.4. COMPARISON OF MODEL-SELECTION PERFORMANCES -- Chapter 5 EMPIRICAL STUDIES -- 5.1. LIFE SATISFACTION -- 5.1.1. Introduction -- 5.1.2. Data -- 5.1.3. Analysis of Empirical Results -- 5.1.4. Two-Country Comparisons -- 5.2. BIRTH RATES -- 5.2.1. Introduction -- 5.2.2. Data -- 5.2.3. Empirical Results -- 5.2.4. Two-Country Comparisons -- 5.3. EATING-OUT BEHAVIOR -- 5.3.1. Introduction -- 5.3.2. Data -- 5.3.3. Empirical Results -- 5.3.4. Two-Country Comparisons -- 5.4. AUTOMOBILE EXPENDITURE -- 5.4.1. Introduction -- 5.4.2. Data -- 5.4.3. Empirical Results -- 5.4.4. Two-Country Comparisons -- 5.5. FEMALE LABOR PARTICIPATION -- 5.5.1. Introduction -- 5.5.2. Data -- 5.5.3. Empirical Results -- 5.5.4. Two-Country Comparisons -- 5.6. HOUSEHOLD SAVING RATES -- 5.6.1. Introduction -- 5.6.2. Data -- 5.6.3. Estimation Results -- 5.6.4. Two-Country Comparisons -- Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX -- 1. Covariance Matrix of Disturbance Term -- 2. Derivation of Parameter Estimates -- 3. Derivation of ABIC -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page