kazuho To begin with, salary is basically determined by the point where the supply and demand for the labor match. If you are paid less for a certain type of work even though you have the same skills, it is probably because you are choosing a job that is in oversupply (in other words, a job that is scarce but popular)âŚ
kazuho Just like why Tokyo pays more than rural areas (or California more than Tokyo, or Japan more than Vietnam) for the same job. Because if you donât raise salaries, you wonât attract people (OR youâll attract people even if you lower the salaries).
kazuho So, while I sympathize with the lamentations of the university faculty, I donât think itâs a problem with the system or with the stateâs finances, nor do I think itâs solvable. âŚ
nishio There are different interpretations of whether university faculty are workers whose salaries are determined by the benefits they receive, or whether they are public infrastructure that the government should invest in for the future. Seems to be.
kazuho Whether itâs public infrastructure or not, salaries will go up if we donât get the people we need, and as long as we get the people we need, they wonât go up. Why are doctors paidâŚ
nishio Is it âpolicyâ or â(the) market (as a concept)â that determines ânecessaryâ? is. Public infrastructure is invested in through policy because âif left to the market, necessary investments will not be made.
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According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technologyâs National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Chinaâs R&D expenditures in 2016 totaled more than 45 trillion yen, more than tripling in 10 years. This amount is more than double that of Japan and is approaching that of the U.S., which is in first place.
- [Chinaâs Breakthrough as a âScientific and Technological Superpowerâ and Japanâs Harsh Realityď˝The Maruwa Nobel Prize 2018ď˝NHK NEWS WEB https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/special/nobelprize/2018/ tokushu/tokushu_01.html]
Overview of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the State of Science and Technology in China (PDF) January 12, 2008 Yukihide Hayashi, Senior Fellow, China Center for Integrated Research Exchange, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency
- (1) What is Chinese Academy of Sciences?
- November 1949 Established under the Council for Political Affairs (now the State Council)
- Current headcount: 69,013 (end of 2015)
- In addition to the regular staff, there are about 45,000 research students, 40,000 RAS, 26,000 CNRS, and 18,000 NIH.
- Budget size: Approx. 50.6 billion yuan (approx. 860 billion yen) (2015)
- CNRS approx. 29 billion yen, RAS approx. 17 billion yen
- RIKEN approx. 9 billion yen, AIST approx. 9 billion yen
- Suborganizations: 104 research institutes, 2 (or 3) universities
- Current headcount: 69,013 (end of 2015)
- November 1949 Established under the Council for Political Affairs (now the State Council)
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