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The Shadow Workforce: Perspectives On Contingent Work In The United States, Japan, And Europe, Sandra E. Gleason Editor
The Shadow Workforce: Perspectives On Contingent Work In The United States, Japan, And Europe, Sandra E. Gleason Editor
Upjohn Press
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of nonstandard employment and its impact on employees, businesses, unions, and public policy. It not only reveals how nonstandard employment operates in the United States, Japan, and Europe, it also highlights the important similarities and differences in the labor market issues faced in those areas.
Leisure Time In Japan: How Much And For Whom?, Scott M. Fuess Jr.
Leisure Time In Japan: How Much And For Whom?, Scott M. Fuess Jr.
Department of Economics: Faculty Publications
Japan is famous for long working hours. For decades the Japanese government has tried to influence how people spend their free time. In 5-yearly surveys since 1986, the government has surveyed “quality of life” by gauging how much time people spend daily in various “noneconomic” activities. Using results from the 1986, 1991, 1996, and 2001 surveys, this study determines whether time spent daily on leisure activities has actually changed. Controlling for labor market forces, in recent years Japanese adults have not experienced more leisure time overall. They have increased time spent, one hour per week, in media-oriented leisure; this increase, …
Japanese Growth And Stagnation: A Keynesian Perspective, Takeshi Nakatani, Peter Skott
Japanese Growth And Stagnation: A Keynesian Perspective, Takeshi Nakatani, Peter Skott
Economics Department Working Paper Series
This paper uses a modified Harrodian model to understand both the long period of rapid Japanese growth and the recent period of stagnation. The model has multiple steady-growth solutions when the labour supply is highly elastic, and government intervention, we argue, took the Japanese economy onto a high-growth trajectory. Labour constraints began to appear around 1970, and a combination of high saving rates and slow population growth account for the stagnation of the 1990s. This combination produces a structural liquidity trap and threatens the sustainability of attempts to ensure near full employment through …fiscal policy or by running a persistent …
Westernization Of Business Organizations In Japan And China. Continuity And Change, Wai Keung Chung
Westernization Of Business Organizations In Japan And China. Continuity And Change, Wai Keung Chung
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
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