Overview
The dependency ratio—the ratio of the population aged 65 and over to that between ages 15 and 64—of Japan was 25% in 2000 and is projected to reach 74% in 2050. To avoid fiscal crisis caused by growing social security expenditure, increased tax revenue through an expanded labor force as well as productivity improvement per worker are indispensable. This project focuses on groups of workers whose labor force participation as regular workers are traditionally low such as youth, women, and elderly. We describe the trends of utilization of these groups of workers, investigate the obstacles against full utilization, and propose policies to remove the obstacles. We exploit microdata of high-quality government statistics in an innovative way to address these issues.
September 29, 2015 - May 31, 2017
Major Research Results
2017
RIETI Discussion Papers
- 18-E-003
"Parental Leaves and Female Skill Utilization: Evidence from PIAAC" (KAWAGUCHI Daiji and TORIYABE Takahiro) - 17-E-109
"Welfare Benefits and Labor Supply: Evidence from a natural experiment in Japan" (YUGAMI Kazufumi, MORIMOTO Atsushi, TANAKA Yoshiyuki and MATSUMOTO Kodai) - 17-E-108
"Do Teaching Practices Matter for Students' Academic Achievement? A case of linguistic activity" (TANAKA Ryuichi and ISHIZAKI Kazumi) - 17-E-089
"The Effects of Supply Chain Disruptions Caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on Workers" (KONDO Ayako) - 17-J-052
"On the Effects of Teachers’ Majors in Natural Science on Students’ Academic Achievement in Science: An analysis of TIMSS data for Japan" (INOUE Atsushi and TANAKA Ryuichi)