01701cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013904 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484392270 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Shibata, Ippei. Is Labor Market Mismatch a Big Deal in Japan? / Ippei Shibata. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013. 1 online resource (26 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Despite its low unemployment rate, the recent shift in the Japanese Beveridge curve indicates increased labor mismatch. This paper quantifies the age, employment-type (full or part-time), and occupational mismatch in the Japanese labor market following Sahin and others (2013). Between April 2000 and April 2013, the age mismatch has steadily declined while the occupational and employmenttype mismatch has shown a countercyclical pattern, showing a sharp increase during the global financial crisis. Occupational mismatch accounted for approximtely 20-40 percent of the recent rise in the unemployment rate in Japan. The magnitude was comparable to that of the U.K. and the U.S. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/196 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2013/196/001.2013.issue-196-en.xml IMF e-Library