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Akiomi Kitagawa (), Souichi Ohta () and Hiroshi Teruyama
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Souichi Ohta: Keio University
Hiroshi Teruyama: Kyoto University

Chapter Chapter 1 in The Changing Japanese Labor Market, 2018, pp 1-33 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines some basic labor statistics that will help one better understand the changing nature of the Japanese labor market. After briefly reviewing the history of the labor market since WorldWorld War II War II, we analyze in depth the secular increase in the unemployment rateUnemployment rate during the 1990s, which was the fundamental problem of the Japanese labor market duringLost decade(s) the so-called lost decades. We find that labor flowsLabor flow and unemployment spellsUnemployment duration (spell) play an important role in the long-run increase in the unemployment rate. Further, we examine the issue of the JapaneseJapanese employment system employment system, characterized by a long-term employment relationshipLong-term employment relationship and a steepSteep wage(-tenure) profile wage-tenure profile. It is shown that, in the long-run, job-worker attachments have become weaker and wage growth within a firm has been stagnant. The chapter goes on to provide a bird’s-eye view of a recent crucial change in the Japanese labor market: the rising proportionNon-regular worker of non-regular workers. This chapter also summarizes the findings of the subsequent chapters and discusses some policy implications of this book as a whole.

Keywords: Japanese employment practice (Japanese employment system) Long-term employment; Unemployment rate; Wage profile; Non-regular worker (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7158-4_1

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