Amid the rapid aging of its society, intensifying global competition, and recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, utilizing its human resources will be critical for Japan, a nation relatively lacking in natural resources, to maintain and strengthen its economic dynamism and increase its growth potential. This program will carry out multifaceted, comprehensive research on measures for strengthening human capital and human resources capabilities, from a full life-cycle perspective including ideal labor market systems to increase worker incentive and ability, early childhood education through higher education, human resources development in employment years, and utilization of elderly human resources.
Program Director
Reform of Labor Market Institutions
May 31, 2011 - March 31, 2014
Project Leader
TSURU Kotaro
Economic Analysis of Human Resource Allocation Mechanisms Within the Firm: Insider econometrics using HR data
May 31, 2011 - March 31, 2013
Project Leader
KAWAGUCHI Daiji
Fundamental Research for the Construction of a Vibrant Economy and Society in Japan
April 1, 2011 - March 31, 2013
Project Leader
NISHIMURA Kazuo
Building a Governance System to Regulate Educational Finance from the Viewpoint of Integrated Fiscal Management (Optimal Allocation of Resources under Fiscal Constraints)
September 14, 2011 - August 31, 2013
Project Leader
AKAI Nobuo
Research on the Asian Business and Human Resource Strategy of Japanese Companies
August 17, 2011 - July 31, 2012
Project Leader
ICHIJO Kazuo
