Economic Growth, the Labour Market and Attraction of Foreign Workers

Hiromi Mori
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Hiromi Mori: Hosei University

Chapter 2 in Immigration Policy and Foreign Workers in Japan, 1997, pp 32-68 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the early 1960s many European countries launched foreign labour schemes through bilateral agreements with Mediterranean labour-surplus countries, to fill the huge number of vacancies that occurred due to favourable economic growth. In Japan the 1960s were also a period of tight labour markets under conditions of high economic growth. Interestingly, Japan distinguished itself from many European labour-importing countries by achieving economic growth without attracting foreign workers. It was not in the 1960s but in the 1980s that Japan’s economy became dependent upon foreign workers.

Keywords: Labour Market; Labour Supply; Migrant Worker; Labour Demand; Wage Differential (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230374522_2

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