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Does probation lead to higher starting wage? : evidence from Japanese online job ads

Zvedelikova, Mirka - 2024

Firms commonly use probation to evaluate new hires before making long-term commitments. Workers accepting jobs with a high initial risk of dismissal may expect compensation for this risk. Utilizing an original dataset of Japanese online job ads, this study employs propensity score matching and...

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The effects of gender-specific local labor demand on birth and later outcomes

Akesaka, Mika; Kikuchi, Nobuyoshi - 2021

longitudinal survey of newborns in Japan, we find that improvements in employment opportunities increase the probability of low …

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Labor supply reaction to wage cuts and tax increases : areal-effort experiment

Mori, Tomoharu; Kurokawa, Hirofumi; Ōtake, Fumio - 2020

We investigate the labor supply reaction to wage cuts and tax increases using a real-effort experiment. First, subjects perform a task and receive a reward with taxes deducted. Second, the wage cut treatment reduces the wage rate and the tax increase treatment increases the tax; wage and tax...

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Cross-sectional and aggregate labor supply

Chang, Yongsung; Kim, Sun-bin; Kwon, Kyooho; Rogerson, … - 2019

Standard heterogeneous agent macro models that highlight idiosyncratic productivity shocks do not generate the near zero cross-sectional correlation between hours and wages found in the data. We ask whether matching this moment matters for business cycle properties of these models. To do this we...

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A four country comparison of spite, cooperation and errors in voluntary contribution mechanisms

Brandts, Jordi (contributor); Saijō, Tatsuyoshi (contributor) - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and the USA. The same experimental design was used in the four countries. Our 'contribution …

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Financial distress and corporate investment : the Japanese case in the 90s

Ogawa, Kazuo (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

We examine quantitatively the extent to which financial distress in the 90s affected Japanese corporate investment. Based on the firm-level data that includes small, unlisted firms, we estimate investment function to measure the impact of financial distress on investment. We find that the...

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An empirical study of alcoholic consumption and labor productivity in Japan

Satō, Masayoshi (contributor); Ōkusa, Yasushi (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

confirmed. Moreover, an awareness of appropriate alcohol consumption supports the sixth strategy of the Health Japan 21 policy … ; Income Effect ; Health Promotion Policy ; Health Japan 21 ; Policy Evaluation …

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Updated horizontal inequity in health care utilization in Japan : comparisons with OECD countries using an original survey

Ōkusa, Yasushi (contributor); Honda, Chika (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

We compare health care inequity in Japan with that in other OECD countries in 2002 and 2003. To overcome Japanese data … health care inequity for Japan. We test the utilization measure by the number of outpatients, the number of days of inpatient … utilization, but out-ofpocket payments show significant pro-rich inequity. -- Horizontal Inequity ; Japan ; International …

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Programme evaluation of unemployment benefits in Japan : an average treatment effect approach

Ōkusa, Yasushi (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Empirical results show that unemployment benefits (UB) recipients significantly change to worse job conditions with respect to wages and firm size, but change to better job conditions with respect to occupation, position, industry, and residence. While the effects for occupation are not...

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Intra-family transfers in Japan : intergenerational co-residence, distance, and contact

Yamada, Ken (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Classified broadly, two motives for intra-family transfers exist: altruism and selfishness. This paper examines two selfish hypotheses − the exchange motive (strategic bequest motive)and the demonstration effect − using a new Japanese micro data set. My analysis of the determinants of...

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