Work and Pay in Japan - Softcover

Hart, Robert A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521577721 ISBN 13: 9780521577724

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

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.

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Review

"Une contribution important à la vérification empirique de certaines hypoth^`eses à l'adie de la théories du capital humaine." Labour, Capital & Society

Book Description

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese labour market institutions within a comparative United States/European framework. Work and Pay In Japan will be essential reading for graduate and undergraduate courses in labour economics, human resources management, industrial relations, comparative international business, and Japanese studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521577721
• ISBN 13: 9780521577724
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204