The impact of the Japan-Philippine Economic Agreement(JPEPA) can be enriched by providing a regional dimension in its … macro-analysis. Cebu-Japan cooperation largely hinges on Cebu's economic competitiveness which manifests itself through its … exchange loss, driven by the balance of trade deficit between Cebu and Japan, and the foregone corporate income taxes were …

amakudari system. After four decades of rapid economic growth in Japan, the 1990s saw the country enter a prolonged period of … deflation for years. Japan's struggle has called into question the ability of the country's economic institutions, originally …-first century. This book discusses both historical and international comparisons including Meiji Japan, and recent economic and …

This paper poses three fundamental questions about lifetime employment in Japan: How big is it? How unique is it? And … covers roughly 20 percent of the Japanese labor force. Job mobility remains considerably lower in Japan than in other …

benchmark, we estimate that removal of these barriers would increase the productive labor supply in Japan by some 13 to 18 …