Evaluating place-based job creation programs in Japan

Sachiko Kazekami ()
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Sachiko Kazekami: Chukyo University

IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2017, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-27

Abstract: Abstract First, this paper empirically evaluates the incidence of the Japanese place-based job creation program, which has rarely been studied in Japan. The program increases employment, especially in the agricultural, retail trade, and service sectors, which most treated municipalities promote. Second, this paper explores the municipalities that the program affects most. Those with large aging populations and those with small working age populations decrease the effects of the program. Third, this paper assesses the externality effect of this program and does not observe a strong reduction in sales, workers, or establishments in the neighboring municipalities of a treated municipality.

Keywords: Place-based policy; Job creation; Unemployment; Externality effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H22 H23 J23 J68 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1186/s40173-017-0079-z

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