Population aging and working hour impacts on occupational accidents: evidence from Japan

Nahid Pourrostami (), Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary () and Fatemeh Zarezadeh Mehrizi
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Nahid Pourrostami: University of Tehran
Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary: Tokai University
Fatemeh Zarezadeh Mehrizi: University of Tehran

Economic Change and Restructuring, 2023, vol. 56, issue 4, No 20, 2644 pages

Abstract: Abstract Population aging is expected to challenge many developed and emerging countries in the coming years. Occupational accidents (OA) and their relationship with population aging have become issues of interest in these countries. This study proposes a theoretical macroeconomic model to investigate the impact of factors influencing OA based on a labor supply theoretical framework. An autoregressive distributed lag-bounds testing approach was employed to empirically estimate the proposed model using data from Japan from 1961 to 2019. The results confirmed the positive impacts of aging labor and average working hours on OA. On the other hand, investment in industrial accident prevention measures significantly reduced OA. The results shed light on the effects of population aging on the labor market and provide practical policy recommendations.

Keywords: Occupational accidents; Aging population; Industrial accident prevention plans; Long working hours (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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