Examining Potential Future Developments in the Principles of Employment Policy and Measures to Address Long-Term Unemployment in Japan  

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Konishi, Yasuyuki

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Japan Labor Review vol. 12 no. 03 (2015), page 83-99.
Topik: technological innovation; rapid progress; workers; labor market; employment policies
Fulltext: JLR47_konishi.pdf (116.76KB)

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In Japan, rapid progress in globalization and technological innovation is likely to result in acute labor shortages in certain industrial fields, while in other fields decrease in the demand for labor may lead to severe structural unemployment. This paper discusses the principles of employment policy and measures to address long-term unemployment that will be required in the future in order to respond to such social and economic changes, focusing mainly on the role of “employability” (the ability and adaptability required to enter and maintain employment, and find new employment as necessary) in these policies and measures. This paper argues that: (i) in the context of an ever more dynamically changing labor market, when developing future employment policies it will be important to ensure renewed awareness of the fact that a worker’s capacity to work is the object of transactions in the labor market, and, on the basis of this awareness, to improve the employability of workers so that they are able to adapt to changes in the labor market as the situation requires; and (ii) in order to improve employability, it will be necessary to establish an environment which allows workers not only to improve the practical skills that will be demanded of them in the labor market, but also to maintain their mental and physical health and ensure that they are always prepared for changes in the labor market.

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