Policy Research Domains (Major Policy Research Domains) II. Promoting Innovation and Strengthening International Competitiveness

Analysis of Improvement of Productivity in Service Industries and Research on Policy Measures for Boosting Productivity

Project Leader/Sub-Leader

KWON Hyeog Ug Faculty Fellow

Leader

MATSUURA Toshiyuki

MATSUURA Toshiyuki Fellow

Sub-Leader

Overview

2007

This project focuses on Japan's non-manufacturing industries (broadly-defined service industries), which are said to be lagging behind the U.S. and Europe in productivity, and seeks to identify the following two points: (1) current levels of productivity in Japan's service industries, and (2) policy measures for boosting productivity. Regarding (1), we will review the problems related to productivity measurement in service industries, and will survey the methodologies used in various countries for this purpose. In addition, we will review the current levels of productivity in Japan's service industries by comparing the characteristics of service industries with those of the U.S. and Europe, and with those of manufacturing industries. As for (2), we will focus on regulatory reform and IT investments and analyze how industrial structures and productivity were affected in industries that experienced regulatory reform and active IT investment during the 1990s.

July 17, 2007 - June 30, 2008

Major Research Results

2007

RIETI Discussion Papers

RIETI Policy Discussion Papers