Evaluating place-based job creation programs in Japan

First, this paper empirically evaluates the incidence of the Japanese place-based job creation program, which has rarely been studied in Japan. The program increases employment, especially in the agricultural, retail trade, and service sectors, which most treated municipalities promote. Second, this...

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Published inIZA journal of labor policy Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 1 - 32
Main Author Kazekami, Sachiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Heidelberg Springer 30.01.2017
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subjects
Aging
Analysis
Consumption
Economic Policy
Economics
Economics and Finance
Employment
Empowerment zones
Enterprise zones
Externality
Externality effect
Job creation
Labor Economics
Landowners
Local government
Municipalities
Original Article
Place-based policy
Population
Population Economics
Public policy
Retail industry
Sales workers
Social Policy
Studies
Subsidies
Unemployment
Japan
R23
H23
H22
J23
Externality effect
Place-based policy
Job creation
Unemployment
J68
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Summary:First, this paper empirically evaluates the incidence of the Japanese place-based job creation program, which has rarely been studied in Japan. The program increases employment, especially in the agricultural, retail trade, and service sectors, which most treated municipalities promote. Second, this paper explores the municipalities that the program affects most. Those with large aging populations and those with small working age populations decrease the effects of the program. Third, this paper assesses the externality effect of this program and does not observe a strong reduction in sales, workers, or establishments in the neighboring municipalities of a treated municipality.
ISSN:2193-9004
2193-9004
DOI:10.1186/s40173-017-0079-z