Structural analysis of the effects of increasing share of contingent workers on welfare in Japan

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24330077
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo (2016-2017); National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (2012-2015)
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Ryuichi 東京大学, 社会科学研究所, 教授 (00397704)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 中嶋 亮 慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(三田), 教授 (70431658) ; Esteban・P Julen 政策研究大学院大学, 政策研究科, 准教授 (60376572)
• Research Collaborator: Francesc Ortega City University of New York, Queens College, Associate Professor ; Lidia Farre University of Barcelona, Lecturer ; Nuria Rodriguez-Planas City University of New York, Queens College, Associate Professor
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 労働経済学 / 非正規化 / 女性労働供給

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We study how recession during 1990s changed Japanese labor markets from various perspectives. In particular, we focus on the role of female labor force participation, demographic change such as population aging, the surge of the share of part-time and contingent workers, and matching between firms and new college graduates. We find that the recession during 1990s changed Japanese labor markets, and that its effect persists in 2000s. Also population aging, structural change of industrial composition, gender role belief, and gender gap in labor demand severely affect labor force participation of population. We also find that non-pecuniary benefit plays very important role to account for working behavior of young male workers in Japan. All these findings reveal the unique characteristics of Japanese labor markets and their changes due to severe recession during 1990s.

Free Research Field

経済学