This year's "Labor Economics White Paper" analyzes that special measures for employment adjustment subsidies as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus played a certain role in maintaining employment, while the tight employment insurance finances will be in the future. He points out that this is an issue that needs to be addressed.
The "Labor Economics White Paper" was postponed last year due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and the first white paper in two years was reported to the Cabinet on the 16th.
Among these, the unemployment rate from April to October last year averaged 2.9%, but if there are no special measures such as raising the upper limit of the employment adjustment subsidy as a measure against the new corona, it will be complete. It is estimated that the unemployment rate was around 5.5%, and it is analyzed that the support measures played a certain role in maintaining employment.
On the other hand, it has been pointed out that these support measures have ▼ squeezed the finances of employment insurance and ▼ delayed the movement of the labor force to growth fields, which is an issue that should be addressed in the future.