Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Makoto Kakinaka
Author-Name-First: Makoto
Author-Name-Last: Kakinaka
Author-Email: kakinaka@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of Japan
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Author-Name: Hiroaki Miyamoto
Author-Name-First: Hiroaki
Author-Name-Last: Miyamoto
Author-Email: hmiyamot@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of Japan
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Title: Unemployment and Labor Force Participation in Japan
Abstract: This paper studies a long-run relationship between the labor force participation rate and the unemployment rate in Japan. By using cointegration analysis, we demonstrate that there exists a long-run relationship between the two variables for male workers but not for female workers. Furthermore, using labor force data by age group, we find the added-worker effect for young males and the discouraged worker effect for middle-aged and old male groups.
Classification-JEL: E24, J60
Length: 12 pages
Creation-Date: 2011-03
Number: EMS_2011_15
File-URL: https://www.iuj.ac.jp/workingpapers/index.cfm?File=EMS_2011_15.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2011
File-Size: 240KB
Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:EMS_2011_15