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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ken Ariga; Giorgio Brunello; Yasushi Ohkusa |
ISBN: | 052164240X 9780521642408 |
OCLC Number: | 122970851 |
Description: | xv, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Features of Japan's Internal Labor Markets: 1. Internal labor markets in search equilibrium; 2. Demand and supply of skills in a corporate hierarchy; 3. Measuring occupational and internal labor markets; 4. Earnings and seniority in internal labor markets; 5. Recruitment and promotion in Japanese firms; 6. Product market competition and internal labor markets; Part II. Recent Changes in Wage and Employment Structure: 7. Institutional changes in Japanese internal labor markets; 8. Changes in the employment and wage structure of Japanese firms, 1976-1996; 9. Changes in Japanese earnings profile; 10. The impact growth and business cycles on Japanese corporate hierarchies; Epilogue; References; Index. |
Responsibility: | Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello, and Yasushi Okhusa. |
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"this, book is clearly written and well organized, and accessible to both economists and noneconomists with a basic acquaintance with the theoretical and methodological tools of economic analysis...the book offers a comprehensive analysis of practices related to internal labor markets in large Japanese firms, including recruitment, trainig, promotion, wages and the link between product markets and employment practices...the book offer a refinement of existing research rather than radically new ideas and insights." Journal of Japanese Studies Read more...
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