China is poised on the brink of a transition to a service-based economy. The Japanese experience of the 1980s provides … several insights about the way to manage such a transition and the downsides to avoid. In particular Japan offers useful … for China. However, with the benefit of analyzing the Japanese experience and, given the important differences between the …

the extent of the link between inflation rates between China and the United States and Japan. It finds only limited … between prices in China and in the United States and Japan, both for food and at the household level for manufactured goods …With China''s share in global trade increasing rapidly, some argued in 2002-03 that China was exporting deflation to …

We assess the ongoing reform efforts in Japan in terms of inclusive growth. We use prefectural level panel data to … and policy variables. Our analysis suggests that achieving the Bank of Japan's 2 percent inflation target has a positive …

Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a … towards non-regular employment despite women's high education levels. This paper empirically examines what helps Japan and … tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap …

Portfolio rebalancing is a key transmission channel of quantitative easing in Japan. We construct a realistic …

A surge of exports in the 2000s helped Japan exit the severe decade-long stagnation known as the lost decade. Using …