Declining long-term employment in Japan

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-36

  Kawaguchi, Daiji ^a,b   Ueno, Yuko ^c  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

^c Cabinet Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic stagnation; Human capital; Implicit contract; Long term employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874570193     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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