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Trends in Worker Displacement Penalties in Japan: 1991-2002

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  • BOGNANNO Michael
  • KAMBAYASHI Ryo

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We examine the period from 1991 to 2002 to document the effects of a changing Japanese labor market on trends in the cost of job change. Evidence is also found of a diminishing specificity in human capital (in firm-size and industry) for job changers in the Japanese labor market.

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  • BOGNANNO Michael & KAMBAYASHI Ryo, 2006. "Trends in Worker Displacement Penalties in Japan: 1991-2002," ESRI Discussion paper series 169, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
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