The economics of work in Japan /
Koike Kazuo.
- Tokyo : LTCB International Library Foundation, 1995.
- xiv, 289 p. : ill.,charts,graphs.
- (LTCB International Library Selection ; no. 3) .
"This book was originally published in Japanese in 1991 by Toyo Keizai Inc. under the title Shigoto no Keizaigaku"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-281) and index.
Various worker groups -- Examining the seniority wage legend -- Examining the permanent employment theory -- The careers of workers at large companies -- Intellectual skills -- Current theories -- Adjustment to change: dismissal and unemployment -- Workers at small and medium-sized companies -- Women and older workers -- The transferability overseas of the Japanese way of working -- College graduates in industry -- Labor unions in the workplace -- Changes in wage levels and unemployment -- Basic theory and the theory of stages.