Laggards and leaders in labour market reform : comparing Japan and Australia

Online-Ressource (xx, 284 p)

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24 cm

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; 88

Published in association with the Australian National University and Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements

Includes bibliographical references and index

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Facing up to the hurdle race; Part I: State of the economy since 1990 and implications for labour markets; 2 Australia's changing labour market; 3 Economic recession and changes in wages of part-time employees in Japan; 4 The changing distribution of working hours in Australia; Part II: Trade and the labour markets; 5 Has globalization increased Australian inequality?; 6 Imports, production, and the Australian worker; Part III: Earnings and income distribution

7 A rising tide?: Income inequality, the social safety net and the labour market in Australia8 The changing role of skill, wages, employment and education in the Japanese labour market, 1985-2005; Part IV: Population ageing and migration; 9 Labour force participation of older workers in Australia and Japan: A tale of two pension systems; 10 Australia's skilled migration programme and skilled migration between Australia and Japan; 11 Ageing, migration, and female workers in Japan; Part V: Youth and women

12 Changing transitions: Developments in the labour market and education for Australian youth since the 1980s13 Equal employment opportunity, work-life balance and corporate performance in Japan: An analysis based on matched employer-manager-employee data; Index

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