LEADER 04668nam 22007334a 450 001 9910808084703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-12596-2 010 $a9786611125967 010 $a0-226-62095-6 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226620954 035 $a(CKB)1000000000406944 035 $a(EBL)408347 035 $a(OCoLC)476228604 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000188256 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156596 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000188256 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10152178 035 $a(PQKB)10102475 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000115832 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408347 035 $a(DE-B1597)524128 035 $a(OCoLC)781254172 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226620954 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408347 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10209995 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL112596 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000406944 100 $a20030107d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLabor markets and firm benefit policies in Japan and the United States /$fedited by Seiritsu Ogura, Toshiaki Tachibanaki, and David A. Wise 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (410 p.) 225 1 $aA National Bureau of Economic Research conference report 300 $aThis volume consists of papers presented at the Japan Center for Economic Research-National Bureau of Economic Research Joint Conference on Labor Markets and Firm Benefits Policies held in Hawaii in January 2000. 311 0 $a0-226-62094-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1 Changing the Guard --$t2 The Recent Transformation of Participatory Employment Practices in Japan --$t3 Determinants of the Shadow Value of Simultaneous Information Sharing in the Japanese Machine-Tool Manufacturing Industry --$t4 Who Really Lost Jobs in Japan? --$t5 Total Labor Costs and the Employment Adjustment Behavior of Large Japanese Firms --$t6 Individual Expenditures and Medical Saving Accounts --$t7 Supplementing Public Insurance Coverage with Private Coverage --$t8 Option Value Estimation with Health and Retirement Study Data --$t9 Why Do the Japanese Spend So Much on Drugs? --$t10 The Demand for Health Checkups under Uncertainty --$t11 The Role of Firms in Welfare Provision --$t12 Fringe Benefit Provision for Female Part-Time Workers in Japan --$t13 Unions, the Costs of Job Loss, and Vacation --$tContributors --$tAuthor Index --$tSubject Index 330 $aThis volume, the fourth to result from a remarkably productive collaboration between the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research, presents a selection of thirteen high-caliber papers addressing issues in the employment practices, labor markets, and health, benefit, and pension policies of the United States and Japan. After an opening chapter assessing the recent ascendance of the U.S. economy, papers diverge to tackle a range of specific issues. Focusing less on international comparison than on the assembly of high-quality research, contributors hone in on a variety of individual topics. Chapters delve into issues of youth employment, participatory employment, information sharing, fringe benefits, and drug coverage in Japan, as well as the dynamics of medical savings accounts, private insurance coverage, and benefit options in the U.S. Like previous volumes stemming from NBER/JCER collaboration, this book represents a valuable mass of empirical data on some of the most notable employment and benefits issues in each nation, information that will both anchor and provoke scholarly analysis of these topics well into the future. 410 0$aNational Bureau of Economic Research conference report. 606 $aLabor market$zJapan$vCongresses 606 $aLabor market$zUnited States$vCongresses 606 $aEmployee fringe benefits$zJapan$vCongresses 606 $aEmployee fringe benefits$zUnited States$vCongresses 615 0$aLabor market 615 0$aLabor market 615 0$aEmployee fringe benefits 615 0$aEmployee fringe benefits 676 $a331.12/0952 701 $aOgura$b Seiritsu$01658806 701 $aTachibanaki$b Toshiaki$f1943-$0967920 701 $aWise$b David A$0124389 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808084703321 996 $aLabor markets and firm benefit policies in Japan and the United States$94013072 997 $aUNINA