The measures to expand the working-age population in the short term and boost Japan’s growth potential should include: raising the labor force participation rate of women and the elderly by establishing incentives as well as providing job training; and introducing an orderly system for foreign workforce employment.
BIS Review 49/2008  1  Chart 2 shows that all the major cities in Australia have experienced large increases in house prices, while Chart 3 shows that the increases have been reflected in both cities and country towns. In other words, the increases have been broadly spread across the country.