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- CFA Japan Seminar : Back to the Futures Why Abe-nomics Should Incorporate Women-omics
CFA Japan Seminar : Back to the Futures Why Abe-nomics Should Incorporate Women-omics
| Dates | Tue. April 2, 2013 | Time | 19:00 - 20:30 |
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| Targets | CFA Society of Japan Members / Candidate Members / CFA Candidates / All others | ||
| Participants | 60 | ||
| Panelists | Ms. Kathy Matsui (Managing Director, Chief Japan Equity Strategist, Co-head of Economics, Commodities and Strategy (ECS) Research in Asia, Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.) | ||
| Organizer | CFA Society Japan | ||
Summary
・ For Abe-nomics to be truly successful, it must tackle Japan’s demographic crisis. Japan cannot afford to waste its most underutilized asset, its women.
・ In addition to “pull” factors like childcare/elderly care, “push” factors also need to be addressed to raise female labor participation.
・ If Japan could close its gender employment gap, we estimate that Japan’s workforce could expand by 8.2 mn and the level of Japan’s GDP could increase by as much as 15%.
・ Against a backdrop of anemic consumption, female spending trends have been relatively resilient and Womenomics will likely remain a secular investment theme.
