Japan’s senior employment challenge
Faced with an aging population and acute labour shortages, Japan has boosted senior employment through policy. Yet many seniors are working out of financial necessity, not choice. As demographic decline makes longer working lives more common, Japan must ensure that they are voluntary and dignified....
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Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University
2025
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| description | Faced with an aging population and acute labour shortages, Japan has boosted senior employment through policy. Yet many seniors are working out of financial necessity, not choice. As demographic decline makes longer working lives more common, Japan must ensure that they are voluntary and dignified. Fair wage structures and inclusive employment systems are essential to making extended employment sustainable and equitable. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-979842025-07-16T03:23:35Z Japan’s senior employment challenge Takao, Yasuo Faced with an aging population and acute labour shortages, Japan has boosted senior employment through policy. Yet many seniors are working out of financial necessity, not choice. As demographic decline makes longer working lives more common, Japan must ensure that they are voluntary and dignified. Fair wage structures and inclusive employment systems are essential to making extended employment sustainable and equitable. 2025 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/97984 10.59425/eabc.1750932000 https://eastasiaforum.org/ Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Takao, Yasuo Japan’s senior employment challenge |
| title | Japan’s senior employment challenge |
| title_full | Japan’s senior employment challenge |
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| title_short | Japan’s senior employment challenge |
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| url | https://eastasiaforum.org/ http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/97984 |