Effects of information technology and ageing workforce on labor demand and technological progress in Japanese industries: 1980-1998

The Economics of an Ageing Population: Macroeconomic Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 75-156

  Kurokawa, Futoshi ^a   Minetaki, Kazunori ^b   Nishimura, Kiyohiko G ^a   Shirai, Masato ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^c MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84896190384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845421601.00011     Document Type: Chapter

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