.../approach The authors' establishment-level analysis (data from the Basic Survey on Wage Structure (BSWS), 2005–2018) focusses on Japan, an economy characterised by many unique economic and institutional features relevant to the aims of the authors' analysis. The authors use an adjusted measure of firm...

... of substitution between the worker types, for use in estimation. Using data from Japan’s Basic Survey on Wage Structure and Population Census from 2010 to 2019 across 47 prefectures, the author estimates the elasticity of substitution between older and younger workers in Japan. Findings The author finds...

... labor market. However, these are exceptional cases, especially among large companies. The job of the HC Department is to find a suitable employee within the company, as the objective of recruitment is to find an employee who can build a long‐term relationship with the company [5] . Thus, in Japan...

...Thomas K. Bauer; Patrick J. Dross; John P. Haisken‐DeNew Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of sheepskin effects in the return to education in Japan. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides a short description of the Japanese schooling and recruitment system...

...Kaye Broadbent Increases in the number of jobs for part‐time workers has had little impact on the rate of unionisation for part‐time workers, the majority of whom are women. The argument run by union officials in Japan is that women, and thus part‐time workers, are not interested in industrial...

...Keith Maguire Robert A.   Hart , Seiichi   Kawasaki . Work and Pay in Japan . Cambridge University Press , 1999 . 188 pp. , ISBN: 0 521 57772 1   £15.95 © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Work Pay Japan The subject of work and pay in Japan is both timely...

.... In the case of the Japanese system of industrial relations, a safe conclusion is that its main characteristics will probably be maintained in coming years. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Human resource management Japan Salaries Employment In the nenko system, employees who join...

...Yusuhide Tanaka T.   Tachibanaki . Wage Determination and Distribution in Japan . Oxford : Clarendon Press   1996 . xi + 280 pp , ISBN: 0 19 828865 4   £30.00 hardback © MCB UP Limited 1998 --> Gender Industry Japan Labour market Pay This book...

...‐time employees among the home‐country nationals (HCNs). © MCB UP Limited 1997 Hong Kong Human resource policies Japan Multinationals Retail stores Issues of human resource policy in the retail industry have become prominent in Hong Kong partly because of the rapid increase...

..., be counterproductive. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Employment Japan Job rotation Multi‐skilling Policy Re‐training Skills flexibility Socio‐governmental factors USA A high level of job rotation is a distinctive feature of the Japanese employment system. It is a condition that supports...

...Panos Mourdoukoutas Investigates an economic barrier for foreign affiliates in Japan,the high cost of local labour: to attract qualified workers, foreign affiliates must pay a basic wage premium and offer fewer hours of work over their Japanese counterparts, a factor which reduces cost flexibility...

... against women seeking to enter the labour market. Wage and income tax structures must be reformed if the labour supply of women is to be increased, not to mention their economic and social advancement. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Japan Labour utilization Women TAXATION AND THE FEMALE LABOUR...

... in terms of career path and method for determining reward. Within the ongoing fundamental reform, a new model of creative and original R&D is expected to emerge in Japan. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Career Development Manufacturing Industry Japan Personnel Management I. PREFACE by Koichiro...