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Japanese Labour Markets: Can we Expect Significant Change?

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Marcus Rebick

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I examine recent changes in labour markets and employment practices in Japan. I find little evidence that Japan is converging towards an Anglo-American type labour market. Mobility rates continue to be low, and there is little indication that this will change greatly in the future. Large firms will continue to be reluctant to hire women into line management positions, and women will continue to dominate the continent workforce in Japan. There is likely to be a change in the nature of assessment and rewards leading to greater dispersion in pay, especially for managers.

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Paper provided by University of Oxford, Department of Economics in its series Economics Series Working Papers with number 021.

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Keywords: Japan labour economy personnel employment

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J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General
J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs

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  1. Freeman, Richard B. & Weitzman, Martin L., 1987. "Bonuses and employment in Japan," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 1(2), pages 168-194, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Lazear, Edward P, 1979. "Why Is There Mandatory Retirement?," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 87(6), pages 1261-84, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Robert L. Clark & Naohiro Ogawa, 1992. "The effect of mandatory retirement on earnings profiles in Japan," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 45(2), pages 258-266, January.
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  1. Ono, Hiroshi, 2004. "Divorce in Japan: Why It Happens, Why It Doesn’t," EIJS Working Paper Series 201, The European Institute of Japanese Studies, revised 26 Jan 2006. [Downloadable!]
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