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Trends in Long-Term Employment since the 1980s in Japan

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  • Kato, Takao
  • Kambayashi, Ryo

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In this article, we examine recent long-term employment in the Japanese labor markets, by using microdata from several governmental statistics since the 1980s. The main findings are as follows: (i) the decline in average tenure is found only in short-tenured workers, and the average tenure for long-tenured workers, e.g. over 5 years, did not decline. (ii) Ten-year-retention rates also stay almost constant for long-tenured university graduates. (iii) Neither one-year-separation rates nor dismissal-rates have changed for long-tenured university graduates. (iv) A decline in the share of long-tenured university graduates within age cohort is not found. Therefore, long-term employment is still respected for employees who have continued working for a long term, e.g. over 5 years. One characteristic of recent Japanese labor markets, the increase in short-tenured workers, is explained by the expansion of the labor market itself. The magnitude of long-term employment has not declined.

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  • Kato, Takao & Kambayashi, Ryo, 2016. "Trends in Long-Term Employment since the 1980s in Japan," Economic Review, Hitotsubashi University, vol. 67(4), pages 307-325, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:hit:ecorev:v:67:y:2016:i:4:p:307-325
    DOI: 10.15057/28208
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    JEL classification:

    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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