Author/Editor: Elif C Arbatli, Steven J Davis, Arata Ito, Naoko Miake, Ikuo Saito.

Release Date:May, 2017

We develop new economic policy uncertainty (EPU) indices for Japan from January 1987 onwards building on the approach of Baker, Bloom and Davis (2016). Each index reflects the frequency of newspaper more...

Author/Editor: Giovanni Ganelli, Naoko Miake.

Release Date:July, 2015

Data and anecdotal evidence suggest that Japan is suffering from labor shortages, which are large in an international perspective, have a negative impact on potential growth, and reduce the more...