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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780069003321

Autore

Hart Robert A.

Titolo

Work and pay in Japan / / Robert A. Hart and Seiichi Kawasaki [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

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

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

331.2/1/0952

Soggetti

Wages - Japan

Employee fringe benefits - Japan

Compensation management - Japan

Labor economics - Japan

Labor economics - United States

Labor economics - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.