Appended Note 1-2 Estimation of the size of over-employment

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The diffusion index (DI) for judging employment conditions has been estimated as follows. Then the size of over-employment was calculated from per capita labor cost while conditioning that the changes in labor share necessary to eliminate the estimated level of over-employment has been conducted through cut down in labor cost alone.

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The size of over-employment (estimated value) derived from the diffusion index (DI) for judging employment conditions in the Bank of Japan's Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprises in Japan (TANKAN Survey)

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