Changes in the Japanese employment system in the two lost decades

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 810-846

  Hamaaki, Junya ^a   Hori, Masahiro ^a   Maeda, Saeko ^b   Murata, Keiko ^c  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84871801461     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391206500403     Document Type: Article

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