Jurnal Populasi
Vol 29, No 2 (2021)

Womenomics and Migrant Workers Policy: Can They Solve Labor Shortage in Japan?

Emmanuel Pradipta (Department of Public Policy and Management, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Bevaola Kusumasari (Department of Public Policy and Management, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Dec 2021

Abstract

Aging population threatens economic conditions in Japan which results in a condition of labor shortage, furthermore the government provides Womenomics’ and accepting migrant workers policy to solve the issue. This research aims to give an understanding about Japan’s labor shortage condition and how it can be solved by Womenomics and accepting migrant workers. Therefore, this research emphasized the labor shortage conditions and the failure factors of Womenomics’ and accepting migrant workers in Japan. Essentially, this study applied the qualitative case study method by referring to the literature review conducted by previous studies. The findings of this research are meant providing suggestions to Japan’s government about how important it is to enforce appropriate policies to tackle labor shortages and to minimize policy failure of policy implementation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

populasi

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities

Description

Populasi is a journal discussing population and policy issues. Populasi is published regularly twice a year in June and December. The Editorial Board receives manuscripts based on research, both on theoretical and empirical, related to population, policy, poverty, family planning, reproduction ...