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Estimating Frisch labor supply elasticity in Japan
Kuroda, Sachiko; Yamamoto, Isamu - 2007
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Why are nominal wages downwardly rigid, but less so in Japan? : an explanation based on behavioral economics and labor market/macroeconomic differences
Kuroda, Sachiko; Yamamoto, Isamu - In: Monetary and economic studies 25 (2007) 2, pp. 45-88
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003583852
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How are hours worked and wages affected by labor regulations? : the white-collar exemption and 'name-only managers' in Japan
Kuroda, Sachiko; Yamamoto, Isamu - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003903203
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Firms’ demand for work hours: Evidence from matched firm-worker data in Japan
Kuroda, Sachiko; Yamamoto, Isamu - In: Journal of the Japanese and international economies : … 29 (2013), pp. 57-73
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What determines work hours?: who you work with or where you work?
Kuroda, Sachiko; Yamamoto, Isamu - Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of … - 2011
By using a unique dataset on managerial-level employees who were transferred from Japan to European branches of the same global firms, we examine what would happen to work hours when a worker moves from a long-hour-working country to relatively shorter-hour countries. Even after controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019929
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Do Peers Affect Determination of Work Hours? Evidence Based on Unique Employee Data from Global Japanese Firms in Europe
Kuroda, Sachiko; Yamamoto, Isamu - In: Journal of Labor Research 34 (2013) 3, pp. 359-388
By using a unique dataset on managerial-level employees who were transferred from Japan to European branches of the same global firms, we examine what would happen to work hours when a worker moves from a long-hour-working country to relatively shorter-hour countries. Even after controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010758669
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Is Downward Wage Flexibility the Primary Factor of Japan's Prolonged Deflation?
Kuroda, Sachiko; Yamamoto, Isamu - In: Asian Economic Policy Review 9 (2014) 1, pp. 143-158
type="main" <p>By using both macro- and micro-level data, this paper investigates how wages and prices evolved during Japan's lost two decades. We find that downward nominal wage rigidity was present in Japan until the late 1990s, but disappeared after 1998 as annual wages became downwardly...</p>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011035743
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What determines work hours?: who you work with or where you work
KURODA, Sachiko; YAMAMOTO, Isamu - Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo - 2011
By using a unique dataset on managerial-level employees who were transferred from Japan to European branches of the same global firms, we examine what would happen to work hours when a worker moves from a long-hour-working country to relatively shorter-hour countries. Even after controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555016
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Firms’ demand for work hours: Evidence from matched firm-worker data in Japan
Kuroda, Sachiko; Yamamoto, Isamu - In: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 29 (2013) C, pp. 57-73
Using information on Japanese males’ work hours and the matched firms’ characteristics, this paper investigates whether the number of hours worked is determined by demand-side factors and tries to offer a possible explanation of why Japanese males tend to work longer on average, than their...
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