a column by Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Keisuke Kondo for VOX: CEPR&rsquo's Policy Portal
Computerisation and robotics have had a profound effect on labour markets.
Using data from Japan, this column finds that female workers are more exposed to risks of computerisation than male workers, and that this tendency is more pronounced in larger cities. The results suggest that supporting additional human capital investment alone is not enough as a risk alleviation strategy against new technology.
Policymakers need to address structural labour market issues, such as gender biases in career progression and participation in decision-making positions.
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Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
The impact of AI and information technologies on worker stress
a column by Isamu Yamamoto for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal
The adoption of new information technologies such as AI in more workplaces is influencing not just employment and wages, but worker well-being such as job satisfaction, stress, and health.
Surveying approximately 10,000 workers in Japan, this column analyses the impact of new information technologies on the nature of tasks performed by workers, job satisfaction, and work-related stress. It finds that AI adoption contributes to both greater job satisfaction and increased stress, and considers approaches to maximise the positives of new technologies adoption while minimising its negative side effects.
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The adoption of new information technologies such as AI in more workplaces is influencing not just employment and wages, but worker well-being such as job satisfaction, stress, and health.
Surveying approximately 10,000 workers in Japan, this column analyses the impact of new information technologies on the nature of tasks performed by workers, job satisfaction, and work-related stress. It finds that AI adoption contributes to both greater job satisfaction and increased stress, and considers approaches to maximise the positives of new technologies adoption while minimising its negative side effects.
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Friday, 7 December 2018
Japan’s age wave: Challenges and solutions
a column by David Bloom, Paige Kirby, JP Sevilla and Andrew Stawasz for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal
Worldwide ageing trends are steering global demographics into uncharted territory, transforming populations and societies around the globe. Japan is leading the way in this growth wave as the world’s oldest population and is now grappling with the substantial socioeconomic burdens an ageing population places on society.
This column discusses the coming challenges associated with population ageing alongside plausible solutions. While there is no magic bullet for these challenges, there is scope to devise a multi-pronged solutions portfolio of complementary initiatives that includes a number of measures to promote and protect elderly health.
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Worldwide ageing trends are steering global demographics into uncharted territory, transforming populations and societies around the globe. Japan is leading the way in this growth wave as the world’s oldest population and is now grappling with the substantial socioeconomic burdens an ageing population places on society.
This column discusses the coming challenges associated with population ageing alongside plausible solutions. While there is no magic bullet for these challenges, there is scope to devise a multi-pronged solutions portfolio of complementary initiatives that includes a number of measures to promote and protect elderly health.
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Saturday, 31 March 2018
Attitudes towards immigration in an ageing society: Demographic evidence from Japan
a column by Hiroyuki Nakata for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal
Many advanced economies are facing the twin challenges of an ageing population and public hostility towards immigration. This column studies the impact of demographics on attitudes towards immigration in Japan, and the effectiveness of information campaigns explaining the benefits of immigration. It finds that information campaigns are effective in improving attitudes towards immigration, especially amongst women. Deep generational gaps in attitudes towards immigration may be caused by younger men in particular viewing immigrants as potential competitors.
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Many advanced economies are facing the twin challenges of an ageing population and public hostility towards immigration. This column studies the impact of demographics on attitudes towards immigration in Japan, and the effectiveness of information campaigns explaining the benefits of immigration. It finds that information campaigns are effective in improving attitudes towards immigration, especially amongst women. Deep generational gaps in attitudes towards immigration may be caused by younger men in particular viewing immigrants as potential competitors.
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Wednesday, 25 January 2017
What enhances the research motivation and creativity of graduate students? New evidence from a Japanese empirical survey
an article by Daisuke Kanama (Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan) published in International Journal of Higher Education and Sustainability Volume 1 Number 2 (2016)
Abstract
This article reports results on the research motivation of graduate students in the natural sciences.
Given that graduate students in science and technology play a role in innovative activities, creative activities should be integrated into their daily experiments and research. A questionnaire was conducted, and factors related to student research environments and activities were analysed.
This study found that awareness of the practical applications of technology and research activity satisfaction strongly enhances the research motivation of graduate students. The research environment and education and supervision environment factors are partially indicated positive effects, implying that the research motivation of graduate students does not instantly increase based on improvements in educational or research environments alone.
The existence of financial support is not directly connected with an increase in the research motivation of graduate students.
Abstract
This article reports results on the research motivation of graduate students in the natural sciences.
Given that graduate students in science and technology play a role in innovative activities, creative activities should be integrated into their daily experiments and research. A questionnaire was conducted, and factors related to student research environments and activities were analysed.
This study found that awareness of the practical applications of technology and research activity satisfaction strongly enhances the research motivation of graduate students. The research environment and education and supervision environment factors are partially indicated positive effects, implying that the research motivation of graduate students does not instantly increase based on improvements in educational or research environments alone.
The existence of financial support is not directly connected with an increase in the research motivation of graduate students.
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