House Prices, Saving, and Wealth Gap in Japan: Replication Data

Replication data and Stata code for a working paper on house prices, household saving, and the owner–renter wealth gap in Japan. The data was authored by SHUO CHEN and is hosted on the Harvard Dataverse platform. The record was last updated on 2026-06-23.

Use Cases

• Replicate econometric analyses on the relationship between house prices and household saving based on the described study.
• Investigate the determinants of the owner–renter wealth gap in Japan using the provided data.
• Conduct comparative studies on housing economics by adapting the provided Stata code for other datasets.

Strengths

• Includes replication Stata code, which facilitates reproducibility of the original study's findings.
• Associated with a working paper, suggesting the data has been used for formal economic analysis.
• Hosted on the Harvard Dataverse platform, which provides a stable archival environment.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analyses.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

SHUO CHEN via Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

Likely collected or compiled for the associated economics working paper.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 17:34:47; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Japan