The Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Labor Market -- Need to Resolve the Employment Mismatch in the Disaster-Stricken Areas  

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Higuchi, Yoshio ; Inui, Tomohiko ; Hosoi, Toshiaki ; Takabe, Isao ; Kawakami, Atsushi

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Japan Labor Review vol. 9 no. 4 (2012), page 4-21.
Topik: Earthquake; Population Movement; Disaster-Stricken Prefectures; Nuclear Power; Employment Insurance
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This paper analyzes the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on population movements and employment situation, mainly in the three disaster-stricken prefectures (Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures). As for population movements, emigration from the disaster-stricken areas has increased since the earthquake. In Fukushima Prefecture in particular, the number of young emigrants rose rapidly due to the impact of the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The employment situation, as measured by the status of job offers and applications, in the three disaster-stricken prefectures, appears on the surface to be improving, as the number of new job offers is growing as a result of an increase in offers related to post-earthquake reconstruction and a recovery in production in the manufacturing industry. However, in fact, the employment situation remains severe, with the number of applicants for employment insurance benefits growing by around 40% in the 10 months from the earthquake compared with the same period of the previous year. The earthquake has not had a significant impact on employment on a nationwide basis. However, in the three disaster-stricken prefectures, it has affected seriously through a mismatch between job offers and applicants. It is thus an urgent task to take measures to resolve the mismatch.

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