Structural Issues in the Japanese Labor Market: An Era of Variety, Equity, and Efficiency or an Era of Bipolarization?

Hiroshi Fujiki, Nakada, Sachiko-Kuroda and Toshiaki Tachibanaki
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Nakada, Sachiko-Kuroda: Bank of Japan
Toshiaki Tachibanaki: Kyoto U

Monetary and Economic Studies, 2001, vol. 19, issue S1, pages 177-208

Abstract: This paper describes several structural changes in the Japanese labor market and related institutional factors with special emphasis on the labor supplies of part-time workers and discouraged workers. We also discuss necessary reforms in the labor market and some implications of such structural changes on the conduct of monetary policy.

JEL-codes: J21 J63 J64 J31 E52 E24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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