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Analysis of Employment Patterns and the Changing Demographic Structure of Japan

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  • Rikiya Matsukura
  • Naohiro Ogawa
  • Robert Clark

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Japan's economic development has been achieved through a demographic structure characterized by total fertility rate decline and increasing longevity. These changes in the demographic structure have had an impact on such factors as economic growth, savings rates, and labor productivity, and have helped Japan to grow. However, as the pace of population aging accelerates, due to birthrate decline, and the workforce population decreases, there are concerns that economic growth could suffer.This report uses data from the Employment Status Surveys conducted from 1982 to 2002 to study the potential pool of workers that will be able to sustain Japan's workforce over the next ten years.

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  • Rikiya Matsukura & Naohiro Ogawa & Robert Clark, 2007. "Analysis of Employment Patterns and the Changing Demographic Structure of Japan," Japanese Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(1), pages 82-153.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jpneco:v:34:y:2007:i:1:p:82-153
    DOI: 10.2753/JES1097-203X340103
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    1. Naohiro Ogawa & Sang-Hyop Lee & Rikiya Matsukura & An-Chi Tung & Mun Sim Lai, 2012. "Population aging, economic growth, and intergenerational transfers in Japan: how dire are the prospects?," Chapters, in: Donghyun Park & Sang-Hyop Lee & Andrew Mason (ed.), Aging, Economic Growth, and Old-Age Security in Asia, chapter 8, pages 231-276, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Matsukura, Rikiya & Shimizutani, Satoshi & Mitsuyama, Nahoko & Lee, Sang-Hyop & Ogawa, Naohiro, 2018. "Untapped work capacity among old persons and their potential contributions to the “silver dividend” in Japan," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 12(C), pages 236-249.
    3. Sanae Tashiro, 2015. "Is being single better? An analysis of employment structure and wages of Japanese female workers," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 18(3), pages 239-254.
    4. Sanae Tashiro & Chu-Ping Lo, 2020. "When Social Norms Influence the Employment of Women: The Case of Japan," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 46(3), pages 460-482, June.
    5. Lee, Sang-Hyop & Ogawa, Naohiro & Matsukura, Rikiya, 2016. "Japan’s pension reform, labor market responses, and savings," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 8(C), pages 67-75.
    6. Robert L. Clark & Naohiro Ogawa & Makoto Kondo & Rikiya Matsukura, 2010. "Population Decline, Labor Force Stability, and the Future of the Japanese Economy," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 26(2), pages 207-227, May.
    7. Franklin Soriano & Ruel Abello, 2015. "Modelling the relationships between the use of STEM* skills, collaboration, R&D and Innovation among Australian Businesses," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 18(3), pages 345-374.
    8. Naohiro Ogawa & Andrew Mason & Amonthep Chawla & Rikiya Matsukura, 2010. "Japan's Unprecedented Aging and Changing Intergenerational Transfers," NBER Chapters, in: The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia, pages 131-160, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    9. Robert Clark & Rikiya Matsukura & Naohiro Ogawa, 2014. "Retirement Transitions In Japan," Discussion Papers 14-013, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
    10. Donghyun Park & Sang-Hyop Lee & Andrew Mason (ed.), 2012. "Aging, Economic Growth, and Old-Age Security in Asia," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 15088.

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