Published Papers - PIAO XIANGDAN
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Environmental, social, and corporate governance activities with employee psychological well-being improvement.
Xiangdan Piao,Shunsuke Managi
BMC Public Health ( Springer nature ) ( 22 ) 2022.01 [Refereed]
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
Background
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) engagement is expected to benefit corporations in terms of their efficiency and sustainability. The transformative change in management practices would not only provide support for employees but also bring about additional workload, which may affect employee psychological well-being. However, the examination of the relationship between corporate ESG activities and occupational stress is scarce; hence, this study aims to fill this knowledge gap.
Methods
In total, 110,351 observations were collected from 41,998 employees regarding occupational stress to reflect employee psychological well-being. The data were derived from 11 corporations in Japan from 2017 to 2019. Data on ESG activities were collected from the MSCI ESG database from 2015 to 2017. The effect of 1-year lagged corporate ESG activities on employee psychological well-being was investigated using a lagged variable linear regression model.
Results
Positive and negative relationships were found between corporate environmental activities and occupational stress. Activities that reduce water stress during operation and adopt clean technology were found to benefit employees’ psychological well-being. On the contrary, the program for reducing toxic emissions and waste lowered employees’ occupational stress levels significantly. Regarding corporate social activities, the improvement of job satisfaction or work-life balance was associated with occupational stress. However, corporate governance activities were found to have unfavorable effects on employees’ psychological well-being.
Conclusion
The effects of corporate ESG activities on employees’ psychological well-being are found. The managerial implications suggest that caring for employees’ occupational stress during the implementation of environmental activities is necessary, and the adoption of social activities could enhance employees’ psychological well-being. Notably, corporate governance activities are a stressor for employees; top management teams should pay attention to it. -
Gender Gap in Labor Supply, Leisure, Consumption, and Home Production and National Policy in Japan
Xiangdan Piao, Akiko Nasuda
Asian Journal of Empirical Research 11 23 - 32 2021.09 [Refereed]
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
The Japanese government encourages women to increase their labor supply to sustain the Japanese economy affected by the aging population. The female employment rate in Japan has risen significantly since 2012, reaching 64.7% in 2015, well above the 58.5% OECD average. Nevertheless, the total working hours of women have remained steady, as rising part-time employment has reduced their average working hours. Consequently, the gender pay gap is the third-largest in the OECD (OECD, 2017). Moreover, the city-and region-based gender gaps may differ within Japan. Investigation of the regional gender gap in consumption and time use might provide insightful evidence on improving the national policy on women’s labor.
There are two popular methods for analyzing intra-household couples’ resource (income and time) allocation gap. One is the collective model, which explores how resource-management power is distributed between husband and wife in the household. The other method analyzes the issue through the viewpoint of gender identity. Much of the previous research on decision making has focused on married couples. -
Social Capital, Negative Event, and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from 37 Countries.
Xiangdan Piao, Xinxin Ma, Tetsuya Tsurumi, Shunsuke Managi
Applied Research in Quality of Life. ( Springer Netherlands ) 1 - 20 2021.07 [Refereed]
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
This study investigates the effect of social capital and negative events in 37 countries across six continents on subjective well-being, to improve the quality of life in creating sustainable cities and communities. Using large-scale, original, individual-level, cross-sectional survey data, we examine the relationships among negative events in social networks, social capital, and individuals’ subjective well-being. The negative impacts of these events on life satisfaction were found in both high-income and non-high-income countries. Moreover, people’s well-being was highly associated with well-organized social networks across all 37 countries, whereas the magnitude of the effects varied, this might be because the benefits realized from social network are variated across countries. Policies aimed at improving life satisfaction should not only focus on increasing the household income but also consider the substantial …
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Disability Weights Measurement for 17 Diseases in Japan: A Survey Based on Medical Professionals.
Xiangdan Piao, Shuichi Tsugawa, Yukie Takemura, Naoko Ichikawa, Ryohei Kida, Keiko Kunie, Shunsuke Managi
Economic Analysis and Policy ( Elsevier ) 70 238 - 248 2021.06 [Refereed]
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
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Xiangdan Piao, Xinxin Ma, Shunsuke Managi
Social Indicators Research ( Springer Netherlands ) 1 - 26 2021.03
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
Using original cross-sectional Internet survey data from 32 countries in six continents, we investigate the effect of intra-household education gap on the well-being of wives and husbands. According to the results, both wives and husbands with larger intra-household education gaps report a lower probability of life satisfaction. In particular, subjective well-being is worse for a wife or husband with longer years of schooling than their partner, compared to other groups (ie, a couple with an equal level of education or wife or husband with a lower education level than her or his partner). The impact of intra-household education gap on well-being is greater for both wives and husbands in Asian and non-high-income countries, and only wives in Western and high-income countries. It is greater for the well-educated group than for the less-educated group for both wives and husbands. Individual income remains a satisfactory …
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X PIAO, J XIE, S MANAGI
BMC Public Health forthcoming 2021.01
Not Set Multiple authorship
In total, 110,351 observations were collected from 41,998 employees regarding occupational stress to reflect employee psychological well-being. The data were derived from 11 corporations in Japan from 2017 to 2019. Data on ESG activities were collected from the MSCI ESG database from 2015 to 2017. The effect of 2-year lagged corporate ESG activities on employee psychological well-being was investigated by using a lagged variable linear regression model.
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Xiangdan Piao
Social Indicators Research ( Springer Netherlands ) 153 533 - 559 2021.01
Academic Journal Single Work
Previous studies have identified the negative impacts of an increase in the proportion of a wife’s income to the couple’s combined income, as well as of the gap in housework/childcare, on the stability of a marriage, increasing the likelihood of divorce. However, the intrahousehold mechanism is still inconclusive in terms of this issue. In the present study, we investigated a potential alternative mechanism, following the gender identity framework and the collective model and using longitudinal survey data from 1993 to 2015 from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers (JPSC). The findings showed that an increase in a wife’s share of the couple income increased her relative bargaining power and had a significant influence on intrahousehold reallocations of income/time. These intrahousehold reallocations, in turn, had a negative impact on the stability of the marriage. In couples with high-income wives, the …
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Xinxin Ma, Xiangdan Piao, Takashi Oshio
BMC Public Health ( BioMed Central ) 20 ( 1 ) 1 - 8 2020.12
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
Social participation (SP) is known to have a favourable impact on health. However, studies on this issue have been conducted mainly in advanced countries, and results in China have been mixed. This study examined the impact of SP on health outcomes of middle-aged and elderly adults in China, adjusted for simultaneity and heterogeneity biases. In total, 57,417 observations of 28,935 individuals obtained from the population-based, three-wave panel survey, Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), conducted in 2011, 2013, and 2015 were used. The associations between one- or two-wave-lagged SP and health outcomes (mental health, self-rated health [SRH], activities of daily living [ADL], and diagnosed diseases) were examined by linear regression models. Individual-level heterogeneity was addressed by the random-effects estimation method. SP was found to have a positive impact on mental health and ADL. Specifically, one-wave-lagged SP improved mental health measure (range: 10–70) by 0.820 (standard error [SE]: 0.199, p < 0.001), the basic ADL measure (range: 6–24) by 0.147 (SE: 0.043, p < 0.001), and the instrumental ADL measure (range: 5–20) by 0.159 (SE: 0.035, p < 0.001). In contrast, SP did not significantly affect SRH or diagnosed diseases. The impact of SP differed by SP type; playing Mah-jong (Chinese traditional game), chess, or cards, or going to the community club had the most favourable effect. The impact of SP on health was also greater for women than men and greater for individuals aged 60–69 years than those aged 45–59 years and aged 70 and older. SP had a positive …
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Managi, S., Piao, X
Monthly Business Vision ( 12月 ) 2020.12
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
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Cooperation between Industry and University Officials: How to Increase Regional Wealth
Piao, X., Kishikami, Yuko., & Managi, S.
Journal of Kyushu Economics 913 ( 11月 ) 16 - 21 2020.10
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
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Income, Intra-household Bargaining Power and the Happiness of Japanese Married Women.
Ma, X., & Piao, X.
Quality of Life in Japan ( Springer, Singapore ) 13 77 - 106 2020.08 [Refereed]
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
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Managi, S., Piao, X
Monthly Business Vision ( 7月 ) 2020.07
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
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Xiangdan Piao, Xinxin Ma, Chi Zhang, Shunsuke Managi
Sustainability ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute ) 12 ( 11 ) 1 - 21 2020.01
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
Using original cross-sectional internet survey data from 32 countries covering six continents, we investigated the impact of education gaps between married partners on their health status and sustainable lifestyles using the instrumental variable method. A self-rated health status index, mental health index, and an objective health status index were utilized to assess the health statuses of individuals, and six unique indices were used to investigate the sustainable lifestyles. According to the main findings, work-family conflicts may be severe for both wives and husbands with high education levels, and the hypothesis regarding the positive effect of income was not supported. Two major conclusions were derived. First, in general, as opposed to couples with equal education levels, the probability of reporting a worse health status was higher, and the activities related to sustainable development such as improving environmental sustainability were less for couples with education gaps. Second, a comparison of the effects of education gaps on the health status of couples in various groups reveals that highly educated groups, women, and people in Asian or middle-income countries had a higher negative effect on their health status. View Full-Text
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Intra-household Manageable Income and the Choice on Self or Other Expenditures.
Piao, X.
The Journal of Applied Business and Economics, ( Education and Novel Technology Research Association, ) 21 ( 9 ) 94 - 98 2019.12
Academic Journal Single Work
This paper focuses on the expenditures of heterosexual couples using the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers. A family’s income transfer information can help identify the division of resources. The results were calculated using Engle curves, and showed that an increase in resources led to an increase in both private expenditures and expenditures on others. In addition, they often spent different resources on themselves and others when they had different levels of income. On average, wives had fewer private expenditures than husbands. Moreover, husbands spent more on private expenditures when had fewer available resources and less when they had more resources.
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The Impact of Intra-household Bargaining Power on Happiness of Married Women: Evidence from Japan.
Xinxin Ma, Xiangdan Piao
Journal of Happiness Studies ( Springer Netherlands ) 20 ( 6 ) 1775 - 1806 2019.08
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
This paper evaluates the correlation between intra-household bargaining power and the happiness of married women using Japanese longitudinal survey data (Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers: JPSC) from 1995 to 2013. The results suggest that when absolute income, relative household income, and other factors are constant, the income gap, wage gap and education gap between wife and husband negatively affect married Japanese women’s happiness. The proportion of the total household income or husband’s income controlled by the wife can positively affect married Japanese women’s happiness. The effects of intra-household bargaining power on happiness are greater for the working married women group than the housewife group.
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Sweets or Alcohol? The Gender Battle within Japanese Families
Xiangdan Piao
Economics Bulletin ( AccessEcon ) 37 ( 1 ) 190 - 203 2017.01
Academic Journal Single Work
This paper provides a new perspective from which to understand intra-household food allocation by examining how gendered differences in food preferences and wives' share of household income—a proxy for wives' bargaining power—influence food allocation. In a two-stage estimation in this study, single households were used to identify whether men and women have different food preferences, and then, households consisting of couples were used to examine how wives' share of household income affects household food allocation. The estimation results show that an increase in wives' share of household income increases the share of expenditure on the sweet foods preferred by women and decreases the share of expenditure on the drinks and alcohol preferred by men. Regarding food eaten inside and outside the home, the share of total expenditure on eating out of households with full-time working wives is increased and the purchases of vegetables and seafood are decreased. These results indicate that a potential disadvantage of increasing the number of female married full-time workers is lower-quality household diets due to increased eating out and reduced spending on vegetables.