Lifetime employment in Japan: Concepts and measurements

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-27

  Ono, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; Internal labor market; Job mobility; Lifetime employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349103849     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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