Japanese lifetime employment: A century's perspective

Institutional Change in Japan

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 152-176

  Moriguchi, Chiaki ^a   Ono, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203968819     Document Type: Chapter

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