Yuki Hashimoto

Ms. Hashimoto will research the effect of unskilled foreign workers on the Japanese economy. Japan is currently home to the lowest birthrate in the world. Coupled with an aging workforce, concerns about maintaining the labor force and economic growth are coming to the forefront in Japanese immigration policy. Ms. Hashimoto will focus her research on the role that foreign-born workers may play in maintaining the labor force, especially in non professional or technical jobs. In particular, she will examine the role of foreign workers in the secondary labor market, focusing on the role of discrimination based on linguistic ability. Her approach will demonstrate the multilayered structure in the Japanese labor market, analyze industry classification for foreign workers and examine the mechanism of foreigners' concentration in particular areas.