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Labor Demand and the Structure of Adjustment Costs in Japan

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Hildreth, A-K-G
Ohtake, F

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Recent work by Hamermesh (1989) has emphasised that it is wrong to assume that employers adjust continuously in response to demand shocks. Using data provided by a Japanese company we examine the nature of adjustment costs at different levels of aggregation in Japan.

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Paper provided by Osaka - Institute of Social and Economic Research in its series Papers with number 434.

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Length: 36 pages
Date of creation: 1997
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Handle: RePEc:fth:osakae:434

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Keywords: EMPLOYMENT ; JAPAN;

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J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights

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  1. Kenji Azetsu & Mototsugu Fukushige, 2005. "Job Security Laws and Structural Change in the Japanese Labor Market," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 05-31, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP). [Downloadable!]
  2. Kenji Azetsu & Mototsugu Fukushige, 2005. "The Estimation of Asymmetric Adjustment Costs for the Number of Workers and Working Hours |Empirical Evidence from Japanese Industry Data," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 05-18, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP). [Downloadable!]
  3. Fumio Ohtake, 2003. "Unions, the Costs of Job Loss, and Vacation," NBER Chapters, in: Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States, pages 371-390 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]
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