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Extending working lives in Japan: Evidence and lessons from an outlier

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1001 ‎$0‎MAPA20260008769‎$a‎d'Albis, Hippolyte
24510‎$a‎Extending working lives in Japan: Evidence and lessons from an outlier‎$c‎Hippolyte d'Albis; Mélika Ben Salem; Ekrame Boubtane
520  ‎$a‎Population ageing poses major fiscal and macroeconomic challenges for OECD countries. Japan, the most rapidly ageing economy, offers a natural laboratory to study the aggregate effects of extending working lives. Using quarterly data from 1975 to 2022 and structural VAR models, the study estimates the dynamic impact of shocks to older workers' labour force participation. Results show that higher participation does not significantly affect GDP per capita but improves fiscal balance, while reducing average labour productivity. Complementarities across age and gender are observed: increases in older workers' participation are associated with higher participation among younger cohorts and older women. The findings highlight that extending working lives alleviates fiscal pressures and supports labour markets but does not offset demographic challenges without broader structural reforms.
650 4‎$0‎MAPA20080591182‎$a‎Gerencia de riesgos
650 4‎$0‎MAPA20080611897‎$a‎Perspectivas económicas
650 4‎$0‎MAPA20080546915‎$a‎Economía
650 4‎$0‎MAPA20080625597‎$a‎Envejecimiento de la población
650 4‎$0‎MAPA20080586850‎$a‎Política económica
651  ‎$0‎MAPA20080650919‎$a‎Japón
7001 ‎$0‎MAPA20260008776‎$a‎Ben Salem, Mélika
7001 ‎$0‎MAPA20260008783‎$a‎Boubtane, Ekrame
7730 ‎$w‎MAP20210010194‎$g‎13/04/2026 Volumen 34 - 2026 ‎$t‎The Journal of the economics of ageing ‎$d‎Oxford : Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2021-
8564 ‎$u‎https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2026.100643