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The Japanese Employment System

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  • Ryota Hattori

    (Bank of Japan)

  • Eiji Maeda

    (Bank of Japan)

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"The long-term employment and the seniority-based wage, which are characteristics of the employment system in Japan, have been one of the factors hindering economic recovery." This criticism emerged in the mid-1990s and has grown as the economy deteriorated rapidly from the autumn of 1997. During the 1980s, however, it was said that the so-called Japanese Employment System was one of the main factors contributing to the economic success in Japan. Thus, the recent criticisms of the Japanese Employment System must be examined to see whether people merely blame the employment system for the stagnant economy and excess employment or if there are factors that impede the functioning of the employment system. From this viewpoint, we analyze the Japanese Employment System in this paper.

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  • Ryota Hattori & Eiji Maeda, 2000. "The Japanese Employment System," Bank of Japan Research Papers 2000-01-28, Bank of Japan.
    • Handle: RePEc:boj:bojron:00-e-0128
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    1. Fukao, Kyoji & Perugini, Cristiano & Pompei, Fabrizio, 2020. "Labour Market Institutions, Technology and Rent Sharing," IZA Discussion Papers 13155, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Junya Hamaaki & Masahiro Hori & Saeko Maeda & Keiko Murata, 2012. "Changes in the Japanese Employment System in the Two Lost Decades," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 65(4), pages 810-846, October.
    3. Fukao, Kyoji & Perugini, Cristiano & Pompei, Fabrizio, 2022. "Labour market regimes, technology and rent-sharing in Japan," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
    4. Kyoji Fukao & Cristiano Perugini & Fabrizio Pompei, 2023. "Non‐standard Employment and Rent‐sharing," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 90(357), pages 178-211, January.
    5. Evelyne Dourille-Feer, 2005. "Chômage et réformes du marché du travail au Japon," Working Papers 2005-22, CEPII research center.
    6. Joseph Junior Aduba & Behrooz Asgari, 2020. "Productivity and technological progress of the Japanese manufacturing industries, 2000–2014: estimation with data envelopment analysis and log-linear learning model," Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 4(2), pages 343-387, June.

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