Ageing and the labor market in Japan : problems and policies
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Ageing and the labor market in Japan : problems and policies
（ESRI studies series on ageing）
E. Elgar, c2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is a concerted attempt by economists to investigate and offer remedies for some of the difficulties associated with an ageing labor market.
The economic problems of ageing combined with a declining population manifest themselves most acutely in the present Japanese economy. Demographic trends present serious social and economic problems for Japan, and the rest of the global community is affected by the ways in which it copes with these difficulties. The contributors to this book study Japan's experience, which is crucial for understanding the nature of ageing problems and for developing feasible policies to address them. Ageing labor markets could distort the employment mechanism, create youth unemployment, and disrupt incentives for human capital formation in younger workers. Though an economic approach is the core methodology in the book, it also encompasses diverse perspectives including sociological considerations of labor markets and negotiating behaviour within households. The international implications of the problems are emphasized in the chapters that deal with immigration and capital markets.
This book will be an indispensable tool for economists, policy makers and students concerned with the effects of ageing societies throughout the world.
Table of Contents
Contents:
Preface
Professor Kuroda, President, ESRI
Introduction
1. Ageing and Employment in Japan
Yuji Genda, Hiroshi Teruyama, Souichi Ohta, Ryo Kambayashi, Mamiko Ishihara
2. Factors Affecting Labor Force Participation in Japan: Empirical Study of Labor Supply of the Elderly and Females
Hirotsugu Sakai and Hitoshi Asaoka
3. Labor Force Ageing and Economic Growth in Japan
Masaya Sakuragawa and Tatsuji Makino
4. Ageing and Elderly Care in an Open Economy
Koichi Hamada and Lakshmi K. Raut
5. Immigration vs. Foreign Investment to Ease the Ageing Problems of an Ageing Open Economy
Lakshmi K. Raut
6. Ageing Society and the Choice of Japan: Migration, FDI and Trade Liberalization
Junichi Goto
7. Retirement in Non-Cooperative and Cooperative Families
Erik Hernaes, Zhiyang Jia, and Steinar Strom
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"