Service Sector Productivity and the Japanese Economy: Empirical Analysis Based on the JIP Database and Its Policy Implications

Table of Contents

Preface (Kyoji Fukao)

Part I. Measuring Service Sector Productivity: Construction of the JIP Database
Chapter 1. Construction of the JIP Database 2018: Summary and Estimation Methods (Kyoji Fukao, Kenta Ikeuchi, Tomohiko Inui, YoungGak Kim, Hyeog Ug Kwon, Shinji Tahara, Joji Tokui, Tatsuji Makino, Toshiyuki Matsuura, Tsutomu Miyagawa)
Chapter 2. The Sources of Labor Productivity Growth in the Service Sector: An Empirical Analysis at the Industry Level using the JIP Database: 1955–2015 (Kyoji Fukao and Tatsuji Makino)

Part II. Productivity in Market Services Industries: Production Factor Inputs, Technological Innovation, and Demand Characteristics
Chapter 3. Sluggish Capital Accumulation and the Role of Intangible Assets: Considering the Underinvestment Argument from the Perspective of Intangible Assets (Tsutomu Miyagawa and Takayuki Ishikawa)
Chapter 4. Improving the Productivity of Human Resources in SMEs: An Attempt to Introduce Human Resources from Urban to Rural Areas (Daiji Kawaguchi and Keisuke Kawata)
Chapter 5. Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and Productivity: The Use of New Automation Technology in the Service Sector (Masayuki Morikawa)
Chapter 6. The Leisure Behavior of Japanese Households: An Analysis of Service Consumption with a Focus on Time Constraints (Shuto Abe, Noriko Inakura, Miki Kohara)

Part III. Productivity in Non-market Services: Health Care, Higher Education, Women and Work
Chapter 7. Quality and Cost in Health Care Services: Measurement of Trade-offs and Efficiency (Shigeru Sugihara and Koichi Kawabuchi)
Chapter 8. Economic Effects of Human Capital: Does Higher Education Increase Productivity and Innovation? (Tomohiko Inui, Yuya Ikeda, Shingo Kakino)
Chapter 9. Fertility Treatment and Labor Productivity: Balancing Treatment Schedules and Work (Takashi Oshio, Emiko Usui, Naoko Mitsuyama, Marie Hirakawa)

Part IV. Measures to Boost Service Sector Productivity: Resource Allocation, Economic Agglomeration, and Policy
Chapter 10. Business Dynamism and Productivity Growth under Abenomics: An Empirical Analysis Based on Micro Data from Japan's Economic Census for Business Activity (Kyoji Fukao, YoungGak Kim, Hyeog Ug Kwon, Kenta Ikeuchi)
Chapter 11. The Spatial Distribution of Service Industries: Mechanisms and Empirical Analyses (Kentaro Nakajima)

Final Chapter
Measures to Boost Service Sector Productivity Growth (Kyoji Fukao)