Labour market transitions in Australia and Japan: A Panel Data Analysis

Tomoko Kishi () and Shigeki Kano
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Tomoko Kishi: Nanzan University, Japan
Shigeki Kano: Osaka Prefectural University, Japan

Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2017, vol. 20, issue 3, 175-197

Abstract: We compare labour market transitions between Australia and Japan using longitudinal data, applying dynamic multinomial models controlling for initial values and unobserved heterogeneity. For Australia, casual or fixed-term employment in period t-1 significantly raises the probability of permanent or ongoing employment in period t for both men and women. For Japan, fixed-term employment in period t-1 does not have any significant effect on the probability of permanent or ongoing employment in period t for either sexes. While for Australian women, permanent or ongoing employment in the current period significantly lowers the probability of casual or fixed-term employment in the subsequent period, for Japanese women, there is a corresponding increase in probability. The theoretical probability of labour market transitions from fixed-term employment to permanent employment is the lowest for Japanese women among the four country-gender groups.

Keywords: fixed-term employment; permanent or ongoing employment; unobserved heterogeneity; dynamic multinomial logit model; labour market transitions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 J21 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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