Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States

Seiritsu Ogura, Toshiaki Tachibanaki and David Wise ()

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Date: 2003
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Chapters in this book:

Introduction to "Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States" , pp 1-18

David Wise

Changing the Guard: The Rise of the United States to Peak Capitalist Economy , pp 19-38

Richard B. Freeman

The Recent Transformation of Participatory Employment Practices in Japan , pp 39-80

Takao Kato

Determinants of the Shadow Value of Simultaneous Information Sharing in the Japanese Machine-Tool Manufacturing Industry , pp 81-102

Hiroyuki Chuma

Who Really Lost Jobs in Japan? Youth Employment in an Aging Japanese Society , pp 103-134

Yuji Genda

Total Labor Costs and the Employment Adjustment Behavior of Large Japanese Firms , pp 135-156

Yoshifumi Nakata and Ryoji Takehiro

Individual Expenditures and Medical Saving Accounts: Can They Work? , pp 157-182

Matthew Eichner, Mark B. McClellan and David Wise

Supplementing Public Insurance Coverage with Private Coverage: Implications for Medical Care Systems , pp 183-204

David M. Cutler

Option Value Estimation with Health and Retirement Study Data , pp 205-228

Andrew Samwick and David Wise

Why Do the Japanese Spend So Much on Drugs? , pp 229-266

Seiritsu Ogura and Takehiko Hagino

The Demand for Health Checkups under Uncertainty , pp 267-314

Tadashi Yamada and Tetsuji Yamada

The Role of Firms in Welfare Provision , pp 315-338

Toshiaki Tachibanaki

Fringe Benefit Provision for Female Part-Time Workers in Japan , pp 339-370

Yukiko Abe

Unions, the Costs of Job Loss, and Vacation , pp 371-390

Fumio Ohtake

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