Randall Jones

The Japanese Economy

Strategies to Cope with a Shrinking and Ageing Population

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Produktbeschreibung

The volume aims to increase understanding of Japan. It will serve as a resource for policymakers, academics and students of economics and public policy. As a front-runner in population ageing, the analysis of Japan and its policy recommendations are highly relevant to other countries that are, or will be, facing similar challenges.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9781032211725
• ISBN-10: 1032211725
• Artikelnr.: 71861990

Autorenporträt

Randall S. Jones is a professional fellow at Columbia University's Center on Japanese Economy and Business and a non-resident fellow at the Korea Economic Institute. Previously, he served as the Senior Counsellor for East Asia and as head of the Japan/Korea Desk at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris from 2002-19.

Inhaltsangabe

The Author
Preface and Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
1. From the collapse of the bubble economy to the COVID-19 pandemic: an
overview of the Japanese economy from 1990 to 2020
2. Key challenges facing Japan
Part I Labor market reform to sustain economic growth and promote
social inclusion
3. Expanding the use of foreign workers and raising the fertility rate
to cope with demographic challenges
4. Extending the careers of older persons
5. Promoting employment and leadership opportunities for women
Part II Raising productivity to sustain living standards in the face
of a shrinking and aging population
6. Improving the innovation framework to boost productivity
7. Advancing the digitalization of Japan to raise productivity and
well-being
8. Reforming the education system and increasing human capital
9. Strengthening the integration of Japan in the world economy to
benefit more fully from globalization
10. Accelerating regulatory reform to strengthen competition and boost
productivity
11. Upgrading corporate governance to revitalize the Japanese economy
12. Improving the insolvency regime to improve resource allocation
13. Making small and medium-sized enterprises a driver of growth and
innovation
Part III Improving performance in key sectors
14. Enhancing productivity in the service sector
15. Upgrading productivity in the agricultural sector
16. Financial sector reforms to promote growth and financial stability
Part IV Macroeconomic policies to promote economic growth and fiscal
sustainability
17. Improving the fiscal framework to ensure long-run fiscal
sustainability
18. Providing universal high-quality healthcare while controlling
spending
19. Consolidation of local government finances in tandem with the central
government
20. Reforming Japan's tax system
21. Monetary policy: unconventional measures to achieve the inflation
target
Part V Enhancing well-being
22. Reducing income inequality and poverty to promote social inclusion
23. Reforming the energy sector to achieve green growth and stop climate
change
Part VI Summary
24. Summary: addressing Japan's economic and demographic challenges

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The Author

Preface and Acknowledgements

Acronyms and Abbreviations

1. From the collapse of the bubble economy to the COVID-19 pandemic: an overview of the Japanese economy from 1990 to 2020



2. Key challenges facing Japan






Part I Labor market reform to sustain economic growth and promote social inclusion


3. Expanding the use of foreign workers and raising the fertility rate to cope with demographic challenges



4. Extending the careers of older persons



5. Promoting employment and leadership opportunities for women






Part II Raising productivity to sustain living standards in the face of a shrinking and aging population


6. Improving the innovation framework to boost productivity



7. Advancing the digitalization of Japan to raise productivity and well-being



8. Reforming the education system and increasing human capital



9. Strengthening the integration of Japan in the world economy to benefit more fully from globalization



10. Accelerating regulatory reform to strengthen competition and boost productivity



11. Upgrading corporate governance to revitalize the Japanese economy



12. Improving the insolvency regime to improve resource allocation



13. Making small and medium-sized enterprises a driver of growth and innovation






Part III Improving performance in key sectors


14. Enhancing productivity in the service sector



15. Upgrading productivity in the agricultural sector



16. Financial sector reforms to promote growth and financial stability






Part IV Macroeconomic policies to promote economic growth and fiscal sustainability


17. Improving the fiscal framework to ensure long-run fiscal sustainability



18. Providing universal high-quality healthcare while controlling spending



19. Consolidation of local government finances in tandem with the central government



20. Reforming Japan's tax system



21. Monetary policy: unconventional measures to achieve the inflation target






Part V Enhancing well-being


22. Reducing income inequality and poverty to promote social inclusion



23. Reforming the energy sector to achieve green growth and stop climate change






Part VI Summary


24. Summary: addressing Japan's economic and demographic challenges

Rezensionen

"This is an excellent, comprehensive, balanced, readable, up-to-date policy-oriented analysis of the Japanese economy and its fundamental challenges by an outstanding expert. Given Japan's declining and aging population and labour force, Randall Jones provides sensible, clear-cut, specific policy recommendations to improve productivity and well-being through needed reforms."



Hugh Patrick, R. D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus, Columbia Business School



"Randall Jones offers the best economic survey on Japan, full of deep policy insights. Reviewing developments from the bubble burst in 1990 to the current COVID-19 crisis, his book provides key challenges and solutions for Japan as a frontier country with a policy agenda for an ageing society with a shrinking population."



Kazumasa Iwata, President of the Japan Center for Economic Research, Professor Emeritus Tokyo University



"A tour de force! Comprehensive comparisons of Japan with many nations, across many issues, with reliable data. This is the new book of record for Japan's achievements and missteps in labour, tax, technology, industrial policy, demographics, education, and other policy fields. A cornerstone work for scholars, policymakers, and investors."



Robert Alan Feldman, Professor, Tokyo University of Science