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Gender inequality in Japan.
Greater labour force participation by women has mixed effects on inequality: it generates additional income, but with lower wage rates and benefits than for men.
Weak consumer spending data had already suggested the decline was coming, and the GDP data bore this out: real household consumption (excluding imputed rent) fell a sharp 3.5%…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB202772
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Global demographic trends and implications.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244045
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Japan's female workforce.
Changing demography and socio-economic trends in the labour force.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207037
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Near-stagnation in wages is difficult to reconcile with reports of a very tight labour market in which firms struggle to hire. The answer lies partly in much higher levels of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285105
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The time may be right to move on from what was designed to combat deflation, and attention is being given to wages for guidance. However, rising prices are not feeding through…
The centre-left main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party supported the prime minister’s 'stakeholder capitalism' approach. The government's plan seeks to ensure equal pay…
The macroeconomic outlook for Japan.