Papers - ISHIKAWA Noriko
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A better living environment that attracts young people raising children in Japan - For better understanding of Quality of Life for individuals -
Konan Economic Papers 64 ( 1・2 ) 1 - 27 2023.9
Authorship：Lead author, Corresponding author
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A meta-analysis of human health differences in urban and rural environments International journal
Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 12 167 - 186 2019.8
Joint Work
Publisher：Springer
Human health outcomes are known to be affected not only by individual physical and socio-economic status, but also by external environmental conditions, as well as by place-based economic and geographical circumstances. In recent decades, a large number of studies have addressed the background of differences in health outcomes between rural and urban areas. Are rural ways of living healthier than urban ways of living? This has led to a wealth of studies on human health and the geographical differences of living and working. The effects of regional or urban characteristics on health outcomes are often inconsistent among different studies/countries. An important factor that seems to be important is the ambiguous definition of both health and urbanism, as well as the presence of intra-regional heterogeneity (e.g. inner-city areas). In the present study, we conduct a systematic review of the existing literature on space and health indicators, based on a broad, but concise overview of the underlying mechanisms involved. Next, we provide a quantitative research synthesis with the help of a meta-analysis of published studies on self-rated/self-reported physical health conditions in rural and urban areas. The results from our meta-analytical regression analysis indicate that there is not a clearly convincing difference between rural and urban areas; however, people in rural areas appear to rate themselves slightly healthier than their urban counterparts. In addition, we observe that self-rated/reported fair/poor health is also highly dependent on a number of personal and socio-economic factors; from a personal perspective, education, addiction, physical activity, and duration of residence appear to play a significant role, while, from a socio-economic perspective, in particular, community predictor measures (e.g. gross domestic product, population, unemployment rate) appear to exert a substantial influence.
DOI： 10.1007/s12076-019-00235-z
Other Link： https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12076-019-00235-z
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Factors affecting access to emergency medical service: An empirical research for Kansai area in Japan
Noriko Ishikawa, Mototsugu Fukushige
Konan Economic Papers 59 ( 1.2 ) 1 - 28 2018.9
Joint Work
Authorship：Lead author
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わが国における障害者雇用分析に関する一考察
石川路子
甲南経済学論集 ( 56 ) 19 - 39 2016.1
Single Work
本論文は、我が国における障害者雇用に関わる施策とともに障害者の就労環境を整理し、国内外の障害者雇用に関する先行研究を分析することで、今後の我が国における障害者雇用分析の展望を図ることを目的とする。欧米諸国では障害者に関する研究は積極的に行われているが、我が国では障害者の雇用機会や賃金の決定要因に関する分析は未だ不十分であり、我が国の労働市場における障害者に対する構造的な差別が存在するか否かなど、障害者雇用についてより精緻な分析が必要であることが明らかとなった。
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Dissatisfaction with dwelling environments in an aging society: An empirical analysis of the Kanto area in Japan Reviewed
Noriko Ishikawa, Mototsugu Fukushige
Review of Urban & Regional Development studies ( 27 ) 149 - 176 2015.8
Joint Work
Authorship：Lead author
本研究は、加齢に伴う住環境ニーズの変化に伴い発生することが予想される転居希望要因を明らかにすることを目的とするものである。関東地域の居住者に対するアンケート調査によって得られたデータに基づき、転居希望要因を推定するため、プロビッドモデルを応用した新たなモデルを定式化し分析を行った。結果として高齢者にとっては医療施設の近接性など交通の利便性が世帯の転居行動決定における重要な要素であることが明らかとなっている。なお、本論文は2016年11月に応用地域学会論文賞（Best Paper Award of ARSC）を受賞している。
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Targeted standards for floor space in a government housing plan: an empirical investigation of the Kanto area in Japan Reviewed
Mototsugu Fukushige, Noriko Ishikawa
International Real Estate Review ( 16 ) 208 - 229 2013.4
Joint Work
本研究では、関東圏におけるアンケート調査に基づき、世帯の居住面積に対する需要関数の推計を行うと同時にカリブレーションにより世帯類型による居住面積に対する需要を推計した。我が国では国民が安定したゆとりある住生活を営むことができる居住水準（住宅の面積に関する水準）である最低居住水準を設定し、最低居住水準未満世帯の解消を目標に掲げているが、得られた結果は少人数の世帯はこの水準を上回る比較的広い住宅に居住する一方で、三人以上の低所得層や四人以上の世帯は最低居住水準未満の住宅に住んでいる世帯が多いことが明らかとなっている。
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Meta-analytic approach to the impacts of tourism and fiscal expenditure on the remote islands of Japan Reviewed
Noriko Ishikawa, Mototsugu Fukushige
応用経済学研究 ( 6 ) 16 - 33 2012.6
Joint Work
Authorship：Lead author
本研究はメタアナリシスの手法を応用し、離島における観光乗数（tourism multiplier）や財政乗数（fiscal multiplier） の効果を検討したものである。分析結果は、すべての離島地域で、観光乗数および財政乗数がすべてゼロであるという仮説は棄却されるものの、財政乗数が正で統計的にも有意である地域では観光乗数がゼロであるという仮説が棄却できないという結果を示すものであった。これは国による財政支援を観光振興で代替しようとする政策が有効でないことを示唆するものであり、今後の離島政策の方向性を考える上で注目すべき結果である。
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A modified Kakwani measure for health inequality Reviewed
Mototsugu Fukushige, Satoko Maekawa
Health Economics Review 2 ( 10 ) 2012.5
Joint Work
We propose simple modifications for the Kakwani tax progressivity measure that make it suitable for evaluating access inequality for medical services. Our modification is to measure inequality using the ratio of the concentration index to the Gini coefficient instead of the difference between them. We also propose a measure using the Gini coefficient or concentration index of consumption expenditure as the denominator in the modified measure as an alternative type of modified measure. This measure can also be interpreted as the income/consumption expenditure elasticity evaluated at the mean. Additionally, we propose a decomposition method using expenditure components and provide an empirical example with Japanese data.
Other Link： http://www.healtheconomicsreview.com/content/pdf/2191-1991-2-10.pdf
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Negative spillover effect on demand for US pork and vegetables caused by BSE outbreak Reviewed
Takashi Ishida, Mototsugu Fukushige
Journal of Food Research 1 ( 2 ) 32 - 44 2012.5
Joint Work
After the BSE outbreak in December 2003 in the United States, Japanese consumers refrained from buying US beef and other agricultural products produced in the US. We use a probit model to analyze how the BSE outbreak has affected demand for products other than beef and what household characteristics have an impact on decisions to purchase US agricultural products. We show that the BSE outbreak has had a significant impact on the purchasing decisions of Japanese consumers. Presence of children in the household and interest in country-of-origin information also significantly affected consumer attitudes and their purchases of US agricultural products.
DOI： 10.5539/jfr.v1n2p32
Other Link： http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jfr/article/view/15130/11225
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Effect of street landscape planting and urban public parks on dwelling environment evaluation in Japan Reviewed
Noriko Ishikawa, Mototsugu Fukushige
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 11 ( 4 ) 390 - 395 2012.1
Joint Work
Authorship：Lead author
In this paper, we use data from 12 metropolitan cities in Japan to investigate the effects of street landscape
planting and urban park areas on land prices, and estimate the magnitude and saturation levels of these effects, as well as examining the current level of planting and park areas in these cities. The empirical
results imply that increasing the street landscape planting ratio improves the dwelling environment, in
terms of both the magnitude and saturation level of the planting ratio, while increasing the amount of urban park area does not.Other Link： http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866712000866
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Importance of blanket testing in promoting US beef for Japanese consumers Reviewed
Takashi ISHIDA, Noriko ISHIKAWA, Mototsugu FUKUSHIGE
International Journal of Consumer Studies 34 ( 6 ) 665 - 673 2010.11
Joint Work
We carried out and analysed a questionnaire survey on consumer attitudes to verify the effectiveness of blanket testing of US beef in Japan. Applying an ordered probit model to the data yielded the following findings: blanket testing dramatically increases purchase probabilities, so it is one of the most important tools for reviving Japanese consumers’ meat demand. The effect of blanket testing is especially large in the region where the consumers traditionally ate more beef (the Kansai area). Purchase probability is lower in households with awareness of country-of-origin of beef before the BSE crisis than households without it. Purchase probability of the households that had eaten US beef before the BSE outbreak is higher than those that had not. Purchase probability is not affected by family structure.
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道路緑化が住環境評価に与える効果について －道路の景観評価に道路緑化が与える影響に関する統計学的分析
福重元嗣，石川路子
高速道路と自動車 53 ( 4 ) 33 - 38 2010.4
Joint Work
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Households' attitudes toward earthquake protection: An empirical analysis of the impact of fiscal support in Japan Reviewed
Noriko ISHIKAWA, Mototsugu FUKUSHIGE
Journal of Housing Economics 19 ( 1 ) 51 - 65 2010.3
Joint Work
Faced with an aging society and major earthquake risk in the near future, promoting the improvement of existing houses is one of the most important issues in Japan. In this paper, we formulate two types of demand models for home safety: a model for barrier-free conversion and a model for seismic retrofit based on a logit model. We explore statistically the factors that affect the demand for each improvement using prefectural data in Japan. We also analyze statistically the significance and impact of financial support programs for improving existing houses, which the Japanese government has implemented at the prefectural and municipal level. The results clarify the differences between the determinants of each type of improvement and show that the support program for barrier-free conversion has a positive and statistically significant effect on households’ preference. However, neither the seismic test nor the seismic retrofit program conducted by prefectures has a positive impact on preference, whereas those by municipalities do affect preference.
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Impact of BSE and Bird Flu on consumers' meat demand in Japan Reviewed
Takashi ISHIDA, Noriko ISHIKAWA, Mototsugu FUKUSHIGE
Applied Economics 42 ( 1 ) 49 - 56 2010.1
Joint Work
In this article, we investigate the impact of BSE and bird flu on consumers' meat demand in Japan by using the 'almost ideal' demand system. The BSE and bird flu scares brought about a fall in demand for beef and chicken, respectively, and an upturn in demand for pork and fishery products, which are substitutes for beef and chicken in Japan. We also find that the bird flu outbreak had no impact on the market share for beef. This suggests that BSE had a larger impact on consumers' meat demand than did bird flu. Our empirical results also show that BSE has had a persistent impact whereas, bird flu has not. These differences might depend on the characteristics of each disease, such as the incubation period, cure rate and infection risk.
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Impacts of tourism and fiscal expenditure on remote islands in Japan:A panel data analysis Reviewed
Noriko ISHIKAWA, Mototsugu FUKUSHIGE
Applied Economics 41 ( 7 ) 921 - 928 2009.3
Joint Work
Japan consists of many small inhabited islands in addition to four main islands. We examine the impact of fiscal expenditure and the number of tourists on per capita taxable income in remote islands using panel data analyses. The results show that both fiscal expenditure and population size have significant positive impacts on per capita taxable income, whereas the number of tourists does not have statistically significant impact. They indicate that tourism development would not work as a substitute for financial support from the government. In other words, continuous financial support may be needed to maintain the islands' economies.
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道路の景観の評価に道路緑化が与える効果に関する統計学的分析
福重元嗣，石川路子
第28回道路緑化技術発表会要旨論文集 18 - 19 2008.9
Joint Work
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財政支出と観光客が利尻島経済に与える効果について
石川路子、福重元嗣
利尻研究 ( 27 ) 9 - 15 2008.3
Joint Work
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Decomposing interregional differentials in productivities: An empirical analysis for Japanese data Reviewed
Mototsugu FUKUSHIGE, Noriko ISHIKAWA
Economic Letters 97 ( 3 ) 240 - 246 2007.12
Joint Work
We propose a method for decomposing interregional differentials in productivities based on the Lifecycle Permanent Income Hypothesis. We also conduct an empirical analysis using Japanese prefectural data and examine the effectiveness of this method.
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家計の食の安全性に対する意識と行動の差に関する計量分析
石田貴士, 石川路子, 福重元嗣
浦上財団研究報告書 ( 15 ) 137 - 150 2007.12
Joint Work
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Impacts of tourism and fiscal expenditure to remote islands: The case of the Amami Islands in Japan Reviewed
Noriko ISHIKAWA, Mototsugu FUKUSHIGE
Applied Economic Letters 14 ( 9 ) 661 - 666 2007.7
Joint Work
The Amami islands are located 380 km southwest of Japan proper. These islands have two economic features: they are islands that many tourists visit because of their natural resources and they are an undeveloped area where the central government of Japan provides large fiscal subsidies. We investigate the impacts of tourism and fiscal expenditure simultaneously. The results show that one tourist and about 52 000 yen (about US$480) fiscal expenditure are substitutable in the end.