Structural Issues in the Japanese Labor Market: An Era of Variety, Equity, and Efficiency or an Era of Bipolarization?

This paper describes several structural changes in the Japanese labor market and related institutional factors with special emphasis on the labor supplies of part-time workers and discouraged workers. We also discuss necessary reforms in the labor market and some implications of such structural changes on the conduct of monetary policy.

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Fujiki, Hiroshi ; Nakada, Sachiko-Kuroda ; Tachibanaki, Toshiaki
Published in:	Monetary and Economic Studies. - Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies. - Vol. 19.2001, S1, p. 177-208
Publisher:	Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; J63 - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; E52 - Monetary Policy (Targets, Instruments, and Effects) ; E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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