Program Overview
Numerous studies on Japan have shown that growth in service sector productivity has been sluggish and, moreover, that productivity is quite low compared to the United States and Europe. Given that the service sector accounts for about 80 percent of Japan's GDP and employment, boosting service sector productivity plays a crucial role in raising economic growth and living standards. The project team has ample experience in the kind of research proposed and includes members of government-related statistics and research departments, with which the project will work in close cooperation.
Organization
Members
|
Name (alphabetical order) |
Organization | Roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayako Kondo | University of Tokyo | Co-Investigator (renkei-kenkyusha) | Group III: Institutional distortions in the services labor market |
| Daiji Kawaguchi | University of Tokyo | Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) | Leader Group III (Labor & Human Capital) |
| Daisuke Miyakawa | Hitotsubashi University | Co-Investigator (renkei-kenkyusha) | Group II: Financing of intangible investment |
| Emiko Usui | Hitotsubashi University | Co-Investigator (renkei-kenkyusha) | Group I: Public services demand |
| Hideo Owan | Waseda University | Co-Investigator (renkei-kenkyusha) | Group III: Work patterns and productivity |
| Hyeog Ug Kwon | Nihon University | Co-Investigator (renkei-kenkyusha) | Group I: Productivity dynamics; creative industries |
| Ken Onishi | Singapore Management University | Research Collaborator | Group III |
| Kentaro Nakajima | Hitotsubashi University | Co-Investigator (renkei-kenkyusha) | Group IV: Urban business services; regional inequality |
| Kohei Kawaguchi | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Co-Investigator (renkei-kenkyusha) | Group III: Production functions under imperfect competition |
| Kyoji Fukao | Hitotsubashi University | Principal Investigator | Leader Group I (Supervision & Measurement) |
| Makiko Nakamuro | Keio University | Co-Investigator (renkei-kenkyusha) | Group III: Higher education geared toward service activities |
| Masayuki Morikawa | Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) | Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) | Group IV: Industry 4.0; service home production; price regulations |
| Miho Takizawa | Gakushuin University | Co-Investigator (renkei-kenkyusha) | Group II: ICT investment; intangible assets |
| Miki Kohara | Osaka University | Co-Investigator (renkei-kenkyusha) | Group IV: Utility function estimation |
| Naohito Abe | Hitotsubashi University | Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) | Leader Group IV (Simultaneity of Production & Consumption) |
| Noriko Inakura | Osaka University | Research Collaborator | Group IV |
| Osamu Saito | Hitotsubashi University | Co-Investigator (renkei-kenkyusha) | Group I: History of service sector employment system |
| Satoshi Tanaka | The University of Queensland | Research Collaborator | Group IV |
| Shigeru Sugihara | Nihon University | Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) | Group I: Medical care sector productivity |
| Takashi Oshio | Hitotsubashi University | Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) | Group I: Public services demand; education sector productivity |
| Tokihiko Settsu | Musashi University | Research Collaborator | Group I |
| Tomohiko Inui | Gakushuin University | Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) | Group III: Higher education geared toward service activities |
| Toshiyuki Matsuura | Keio University | Research Collaborator | Group I |
| Tsutomu Miyagawa | Gakushuin University | Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) | Leader Group II (Capital Accumulation) |
| Yutaka Kayaba | Hitotsubashi University | Research Collaborator | Group III |