Why is Japanese working time so long?: Wage-working time contract models

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-270

  Kawaguchi, Akira ^a  

^a OTEMON GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0003089009     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5876.1996.tb00047.x     Document Type: Article

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