Artificial intelligence has diffused rapidly in recent years, but its impact on aggregate productivity is not clear. This column uses data from original surveys to estimate the impact of AI on ...

This chapter focuses on water quality, air quality, and global warming, with the objective of providing a basic introduction to environmental policy in Japan ( Note 1). Having experienced severe water ...

As Japan’s population decline accelerates, it has been suggested that a sharp decline in the young female population will lead to the “eventual extinction” of municipalities. However, despite a review ...

The "East Asian Industrial Productivity" project under the "Raising Industrial and Firm Productivity" program of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), in cooperation with the ...

The Mincer equation—arguably the most widely used in empirical work—can be used to explain a host of economic, and even non-economic, phenomena. One such application involves explaining (and ...

Policymakers often propose a minimum wage as a means of raising incomes and lifting workers out of poverty. However, improvements in some young workers’ incomes due to a minimum wage come at a cost to ...

2020年4月、コロナ禍の日本経済への深刻な影響を予想した日本政府は、日本国内に居住する全世帯に対して1人あたり10万円の特別定額給付金の配布を決定した。この12兆円超という予算規模の ...

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問題の背景：「物」を前提とするABSの仕組みと途上国の不満 ペルー、ブラジル、コロンビア、ベネズエラにまたがるアマゾン川流域に自生する「カムカム」という植物は、古くから地域の ...

エネルギーや燃料を外部に依存し、使用後は廃棄物やCO2として排出する一方向型の構造は、地域の負担増と選択肢の制約を生んできた。一方で、再生可能エネルギーの普及に伴う出力制御非 ...

1．ハイテク分野における米中摩擦と日本の対応 冷戦時代の米ソ対立を思い起こさせるような技術覇権争いが、今や21世紀の先端技術分野で米中間において繰り広げられている。米国は中国 ...

Between January 2021 and June 2024, the Japanese yen depreciated by over 50 per cent against the US dollar. This was largely due to higher interest rates in the United States relative to Japan. As ...