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Labor Market Transitions for Female Workers in Japan: The Role of Global Competition

In: Globalization and Economic Integration

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  • Tomoko Kishi
  • Noel Gaston

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Given the importance of globalization in today’s world, this salutary and timely book explores how globalization is specifically shaping the Asia-Pacific. It investigates future prospects and challenges, identifies the key winners and losers, and concludes in many cases that the portents for globalization are not particularly promising.

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  • Tomoko Kishi & Noel Gaston, 2010. "Labor Market Transitions for Female Workers in Japan: The Role of Global Competition," Chapters, in: Noel Gaston & Ahmed M. Khalid (ed.), Globalization and Economic Integration, chapter 11, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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