Japan is faced with a challenging task of achieving sustainable economic growth at a time of unparalleled low fertility and aging population. In order to help policymakers meet this challenge, RIETI will undertake comprehensive and integrated research on means of promoting structural change in the economy; increasing labor force participation rates of women, the elderly and young people; increasing productivity of both labor and capital; identifying a social security system that can secure an optimal intergenerational and intra-generational balance of benefits and contributions under the public pension system; and designing effective fiscal policy and restoring the nation's fiscal balance.
Active Projects
Building a New Macroeconomic Model and Policies in Times of Economic Crisis
From July 1, 2007
Project Leader
KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
Toward a Comprehensive Resolution of Social Security Problems: A new economics of aging
Until June 30, 2011
Project Leader
ICHIMURA Hidehiko
International Comparison of Measures to Improve Work-Life Balance and Consideration of Challenges Facing Japanese Companies
June 18, 2008 - March 31, 2011
Project Leader
TAKEISHI Emiko
Macroeconomic and Fiscal Simulation Analysis toward a Sustainable Public Pension System
From April 8, 2008
Project Leader
NAKATA Daigo
An Empirical Study on Open Innovation
June 8, 2009 - March 31, 2011
Project Leader
MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
The Japanese Economy under Low Fertility and Aging Population: From the perspectives of economic growth, productivity, labor force, and prices
December 22, 2009 - March 31, 2011
Project Leader
YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi
Risk-sharing and Matching in Industrial Agglomeration
April 20, 2010 - March 31, 2011
Project Leader
OKAZAKI Tetsuji
Fundamental Research for Creation of a Vibrant Economy and Society in Japan: From the perspectives of complexity
October 25, 2010 - March 31, 2011
Project Leader
NISHIMURA Kazuo
Past Projects
Economic Growth under Conditions of Low Fertility and Aging Population
Until December 31, 2009
Project Leader
YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi
Building a New Macroeconomic Model: Focusing on the financial system
Until June 30, 2007
Project Leader
KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
Empirical Analyses Relating to IT and Productivity
Until June 30, 2009
Project Leader
MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
Economic Analysis of Countermeasures for Low Fertility
Project Leader
HIGUCHI Yoshio
Study on Social Security: Development of a Simulation Model for Social Security Finance
Until September 30, 2007
Project Leader
FUKAO Mitsuhiro
Idiosyncratic Risk and Economic Fluctuation
May 18, 2007 - June 30, 2008
Project Leader
NAKAJIMA Tomoyuki
Stabilization Policy for the Imcomplete Market
September 29, 2008 - September 30, 2009
Project Leader
NAKAJIMA Tomoyuki
Other research results in Domain I
