04188cas a2200481 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022695 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 20.00 USD 9798400210303 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Kotera, Shinya. The Japanese Labor Market During the COVID- 19 Pandemic / Shinya Kotera, Jochen M. Schmittmann. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022. 1 online resource (39 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 This paper investigates labor market dynamics in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic drawing on macro and micro data. The pandemic and related containment measures had a large negative impact on employment, labor force participation, earnings, and labor market mobility, although policy support through furlough schemes partially mitigated the rise in unemployment. Our results indicate that industry effects were a crucial driver of labor market outcomes for different groups of employees - women, younger age groups, nonregular, self-employed, and low-income workers accounted for a disproportional share of employment in the hardest hit industries. We also find empirical evidence for the need to improve childcare and related support, training and upskilling offerings, and teleworking availability, and the role of skill mismatches in reducing labor market mobility and resource reallocation. Mode of access: Internet Employment imf Intergenerational Income Distribution imf Macroeconomics imf Unemployment imf Wages imf Schmittmann, Jochen M. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/089 Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1018-5941&volume=2022&issue=089 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1018-5941&volume=2022&issue=090 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1018-5941&volume=2022&issue=091 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1018-5941&volume=2022&issue=092 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1934-7685&volume=2022&issue=138 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1934-7685&volume=2022&issue=139 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1934-7685&volume=2022&issue=140 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1934-7685&volume=2022&issue=141 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1934-7685&volume=2022&issue=142 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1934-7685&volume=2022&issue=143 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=2663-3493&volume=2022&issue=020 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=2663-3493&volume=2022&issue=021 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=2663-3493&volume=2022&issue=022 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=2663-3493&volume=2022&issue=023 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=2663-3493&volume=2022&issue=024 IMF e-Library