Eiji Yamamura
Biographic Data
| ID | 321775 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eiji Yamamura |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eiji |
| FAMILY NAME | Yamamura |
| SIGNATURE | YAMAMURA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seinan Gakuin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5903-3582 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The first alumni donation in 1880s Japan
This study adopts a cliometric approach, using long-term individual-level data to analyse donation behaviour in Japan. In 1880, Keio, a private school in Japan, was at risk of closure. To address this, the school launched a fundraising campaign in the 1880–90 period. Established in 1857, the school has distributed a list covering all students’ academic records to teachers and students since 1861. Individual-level historical academic records were …
Covid‐19's Impact on Immigration and Trade Preferences
We investigate how an unexpected disastrous transnational event influences immigration and trade preferences. Exploiting the COVID‐19 occurrence as a natural experiment, we used individual‐level panel data from 2016 to 2024, covering both the pre‐ and post‐COVID‐19 pandemic periods, to examine COVID‐19's impact. We found: First, COVID‐19 caused people to negatively view both immigration and trade, the effect being larger for immigration than trad…
Economic values of sleep
This study explores how subjective well-being (SWB) is influenced by the quantity and quality of sleep. We measure the degree of impact by considering the effect of household income on SWB based on individual-level survey data. Our study revealed four key findings. (1) Sleep hours are positively correlated with SWB, while bedtime is negatively associated with SWB. This trend persists even after controlling for self-reported health status. (2) The…
Covid-19 vaccination, preventive behaviours and pro-social motivation
The COVID-19 vaccine reduces infection risk; even if one contracts COVID-19, the probability of complications such as death or hospitalisation is lower. However, vaccination may prompt people to decrease preventive behaviours, such as staying home, washing hands, and wearing a mask. Therefore, if vaccinated people pursue only self-interest, the vaccine’s effect may be lower than expected. However, if vaccinated people are pro-social (motivated to…
Having a granddaughter and voting for female candidates
This study examines the influence of grandchildren’s sex on grandparents’ voting behaviour by using independently collected individual-level data. The survey was conducted immediately after the 2016 House of Councillors election in Japan. It was found that individuals who had a granddaughter were more likely to vote for female candidates by a 10 per cent margin compared to those who did not. However, having a daughter did not affect parents’ voti…
Duty and Sentiment
Duty and Sentiment
Firm-specific human capital in different market conditions
The Willingness to Pay for a Hypothetical Vaccine for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19)
This study investigates how people in Japan perceived the severity of and probability of infection from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and how their willingness to purchase a hypothetical vaccine depends on these perceptions and their risk attitudes. We conducted a large-scale panel survey three times between 13 March to 13 April 2020 in Japan. By analyzing the data, we found that the perception of COVID-19 became more serious. The estimati…
School closures and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in Japan
The spread of the novel coronavirus disease caused schools in Japan to close to cope with the pandemic. In response to the school closures, parents of students were obliged to care for their children during the daytime, when children usually were at school. Did the increase in the burden of childcare influence parents' mental health? Based on short panel data from mid-March to mid-April 2020, we explore how school closures influenced the mental h…
Analysis of the implementation of information disclosure ordinances in Japan
Performance in Mixed-Sex and Single-Sex Competitions
In speedboat racing in Japan, men and women compete under the same conditions and are randomly assigned to mixed-sex or single-sex groups for each race. We use a sample of over 140,000 individual-level records to examine how male-dominated circumstances affect women’s racing performance. Our fixed-effects estimates reveal that women’s race time is slower in mixed-sex than all-women races, whereas men’s race time is faster in mixed-sex than men-on…
Comparing the role of the height of men and women in the marriage market
Impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident on obesity of children in Japan (2008–2014)
Decomposing the effect of height on income in China
Natural disasters and social capital formation
Comparison of Social Trust's effect on suicide ideation between urban and non-urban areas
Trust and Happiness
Effects of Siblings and Birth Order on Income Redistribution Preferences
Impact of natural disaster on public sector corruption
Natural Disasters and Participation in Volunteer Activities
The Great Hanshin‐Awaji (Kobe) earthquake in 1995 has had a significant detrimental effect on the economic conditions of southern‐central Japan. However, the earthquake also led people to acknowledge the importance of the many volunteer activities in Japan at that time. Using a large sample of individual‐level data from 1991 and 1996, this study investigates how and the extent to which the earthquake increased the participation of students and ho…
Smokers’ Sexual Behavior and Their Satisfaction with Family Life
Government Size and Trust
This paper uses individual level data (the Japanese General Social Survey) to examine how government size influences generalized trust. After controlling for the endogeneity of government size using instrumental variables, I found: (1) Using all samples, government size is not associated with generalized trust, and (2) After splitting the sample into workers and non-workers, government size does not influence generalized trust for non-workers whe…
Effects of Interactions among Social Capital, Income and Learning from Experiences of Natural Disasters
Yamamura E. Effects of interactions among social capital, income and learning from experiences of natural disasters: a case study from Japan, Regional Studies. This paper explores how and the extent to which social capital has an effect on the damage resulting from natural disasters. It also examines whether the experience of a natural disaster affects individual and collective protection against future disasters. There are three major findings. …
Socio-economic effects on increased cinema attendance
Effects of Interactions among Social Capital, Income and Learning from Experiences of Natural Disasters
Yamamura E. Effects of interactions among social capital, income and learning from experiences of natural disasters: a case study from Japan, Regional Studies. This paper explores how and the extent to which social capital has an effect on the damage resulting from natural disasters. It also examines whether the experience of a natural disaster affects individual and collective protection against future disasters. There are three major findings. …
Natural disasters and social capital formation
Trust and Happiness
Impact of natural disaster on public sector corruption
Comparison of Social Trust's effect on suicide ideation between urban and non-urban areas
School closures and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in Japan
The spread of the novel coronavirus disease caused schools in Japan to close to cope with the pandemic. In response to the school closures, parents of students were obliged to care for their children during the daytime, when children usually were at school. Did the increase in the burden of childcare influence parents' mental health? Based on short panel data from mid-March to mid-April 2020, we explore how school closures influenced the mental h…
Human capital, cluster formation, and international relocation
This article examines the changing roles of human capital in the process of the formation of industrial clusters, changes in marketing channels, and the relocation of the industrial base to less developed areas and abroad, based on a case study of a garment cluster in postwar Japan. We found among other things that experience as local traders played a major role in the cluster formation. However, formal schooling assumes greater importance in lat…
Effects of Siblings and Birth Order on Income Redistribution Preferences
Natural Disasters and Participation in Volunteer Activities
The Great Hanshin‐Awaji (Kobe) earthquake in 1995 has had a significant detrimental effect on the economic conditions of southern‐central Japan. However, the earthquake also led people to acknowledge the importance of the many volunteer activities in Japan at that time. Using a large sample of individual‐level data from 1991 and 1996, this study investigates how and the extent to which the earthquake increased the participation of students and ho…
Technology transfer and convergence of performance
The seminal work of Gerschenkron (1962 Gerschenkron, A. 1962. Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective: A Book of Essays, Cambridge: Harvard University Press. [Google Scholar]) stated that latecomers borrow advanced technology from their predecessors, resulting in convergence of productivity among nations. Additionally, the diffusion of technology among developing nations has been fulfilled not only directly from developed nations but also…
Human capital, cluster formation, and international relocation
This article examines the changing roles of human capital in the process of the formation of industrial clusters, changes in marketing channels, and the relocation of the industrial base to less developed areas and abroad, based on a case study of a garment cluster in postwar Japan. We found among other things that experience as local traders played a major role in the cluster formation. However, formal schooling assumes greater importance in lat…
Socio-economic effects on increased cinema attendance
Technology transfer and convergence of performance
The seminal work of Gerschenkron (1962 Gerschenkron, A. 1962. Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective: A Book of Essays, Cambridge: Harvard University Press. [Google Scholar]) stated that latecomers borrow advanced technology from their predecessors, resulting in convergence of productivity among nations. Additionally, the diffusion of technology among developing nations has been fulfilled not only directly from developed nations but also…
Effects of Interactions among Social Capital, Income and Learning from Experiences of Natural Disasters
Yamamura E. Effects of interactions among social capital, income and learning from experiences of natural disasters: a case study from Japan, Regional Studies. This paper explores how and the extent to which social capital has an effect on the damage resulting from natural disasters. It also examines whether the experience of a natural disaster affects individual and collective protection against future disasters. There are three major findings. …
Government Size and Trust
This paper uses individual level data (the Japanese General Social Survey) to examine how government size influences generalized trust. After controlling for the endogeneity of government size using instrumental variables, I found: (1) Using all samples, government size is not associated with generalized trust, and (2) After splitting the sample into workers and non-workers, government size does not influence generalized trust for non-workers whe…
Natural Disasters and Participation in Volunteer Activities
The Great Hanshin‐Awaji (Kobe) earthquake in 1995 has had a significant detrimental effect on the economic conditions of southern‐central Japan. However, the earthquake also led people to acknowledge the importance of the many volunteer activities in Japan at that time. Using a large sample of individual‐level data from 1991 and 1996, this study investigates how and the extent to which the earthquake increased the participation of students and ho…
Smokers’ Sexual Behavior and Their Satisfaction with Family Life
Impact of natural disaster on public sector corruption
Decomposing the effect of height on income in China
Natural disasters and social capital formation
Comparison of Social Trust's effect on suicide ideation between urban and non-urban areas
Trust and Happiness
Effects of Siblings and Birth Order on Income Redistribution Preferences
Impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident on obesity of children in Japan (2008–2014)
Comparing the role of the height of men and women in the marriage market
Performance in Mixed-Sex and Single-Sex Competitions
In speedboat racing in Japan, men and women compete under the same conditions and are randomly assigned to mixed-sex or single-sex groups for each race. We use a sample of over 140,000 individual-level records to examine how male-dominated circumstances affect women’s racing performance. Our fixed-effects estimates reveal that women’s race time is slower in mixed-sex than all-women races, whereas men’s race time is faster in mixed-sex than men-on…
Analysis of the implementation of information disclosure ordinances in Japan
Firm-specific human capital in different market conditions
The Willingness to Pay for a Hypothetical Vaccine for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19)
This study investigates how people in Japan perceived the severity of and probability of infection from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and how their willingness to purchase a hypothetical vaccine depends on these perceptions and their risk attitudes. We conducted a large-scale panel survey three times between 13 March to 13 April 2020 in Japan. By analyzing the data, we found that the perception of COVID-19 became more serious. The estimati…
School closures and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in Japan
The spread of the novel coronavirus disease caused schools in Japan to close to cope with the pandemic. In response to the school closures, parents of students were obliged to care for their children during the daytime, when children usually were at school. Did the increase in the burden of childcare influence parents' mental health? Based on short panel data from mid-March to mid-April 2020, we explore how school closures influenced the mental h…
Duty and Sentiment
Duty and Sentiment
Covid-19 vaccination, preventive behaviours and pro-social motivation
The COVID-19 vaccine reduces infection risk; even if one contracts COVID-19, the probability of complications such as death or hospitalisation is lower. However, vaccination may prompt people to decrease preventive behaviours, such as staying home, washing hands, and wearing a mask. Therefore, if vaccinated people pursue only self-interest, the vaccine’s effect may be lower than expected. However, if vaccinated people are pro-social (motivated to…
Having a granddaughter and voting for female candidates
This study examines the influence of grandchildren’s sex on grandparents’ voting behaviour by using independently collected individual-level data. The survey was conducted immediately after the 2016 House of Councillors election in Japan. It was found that individuals who had a granddaughter were more likely to vote for female candidates by a 10 per cent margin compared to those who did not. However, having a daughter did not affect parents’ voti…
Covid‐19's Impact on Immigration and Trade Preferences
We investigate how an unexpected disastrous transnational event influences immigration and trade preferences. Exploiting the COVID‐19 occurrence as a natural experiment, we used individual‐level panel data from 2016 to 2024, covering both the pre‐ and post‐COVID‐19 pandemic periods, to examine COVID‐19's impact. We found: First, COVID‐19 caused people to negatively view both immigration and trade, the effect being larger for immigration than trad…
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