The impact of public employment on local labor market

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780146
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Kawata Keisuke 広島大学, 国際協力研究科, 准教授 (40622345)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 地域労働市場 / 波及効果 / 供給制約 / 雇用乗数効果

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research estimates the impact of public employment on local labor market by using the employment status survey. The estimation results cannot show clear effects of public employment. We additionally estimate the impact of employment in constructing sector because the sector heavily depended on public expenditure. The estimated impact of employment in the constructing sector is negative, which means that the reduction of employment in the constructing sector increases the employment in other sector. The result can be interpreted as the labor supply is constrained in rural Japan, and the inter-industrial labor adjustment may be worked.

Free Research Field

応用ミクロ経済学、労働経済学