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Work and pay in Japan / Robert A. Hart and Seiichi Kawasaki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hart, Robert A., author.
- Kawasaki, Seiichi, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wages--Japan.
- Wages.
- Employee fringe benefits--Japan.
- Employee fringe benefits.
- Compensation management--Japan.
- Compensation management.
- Labor economics--Japan.
- Labor economics.
- Labor economics--United States.
- Labor economics--Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Work & Pay in Japan
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese labour market institutions and practices with respect to employment issues and labour payments. It contains extensive discussion of the effects of industrial relations, small business activity, business cycles and schooling on work and pay. An early chapter is devoted to presenting, in an accessible manner, essential labour market ideas and concepts that recur throughout the text. Important topics covered include (i) unions and wage determination, (ii) the breakdown of total labour costs, (iii) the Japanese bonus system, (iv) the employment life-cycle, (v) small businesses and subcontracting, (vi) pay and productivity over the business cycle. A key feature is that subject areas and themes are examined within a comparative United States/European framework. This allows assessments of whether or not the structure and performance of the Japanese labour market has differed from experience elsewhere.
- Contents:
- 1. Setting the scene
- 2. Labour market concepts
- 3. Industrial relations
- 4. Labour costs
- 5. The bonus system
- 6. Recruitment, training, promotion and retirement.
- 7. Employment, productivity and costs over the business cycle
- 8. Small businesses, subcontracting and employment
- 9. Schooling and earnings
- 10. Work and pay in Japan and elsewhere.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-183) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-11340-7
- 0-511-01126-1
- 1-280-16165-5
- 0-511-11647-0
- 0-511-15229-9
- 0-511-32742-0
- 0-511-49342-8
- 0-511-05365-7
- OCLC:
- 475871364
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