Work and pay in Japan /

Work and pay in Japan /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hart, Robert A.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Wages -- Japan. Employee fringe benefits -- Japan. Compensation management -- Japan. Labor economics -- Japan. Labor economics -- United States. Labor economics -- Europe. Compensation management. Employee fringe benefits. Labor economics. Wages. Europe. Japan. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11117370

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Other authors / contributors:	Kawasaki, Seiichi.
ISBN:	0511011261 9780511011269 0511038410 9780511038419 0511116470 9780511116476 9780511493423 0511493428 9786610161652 6610161658 0521577721 9780521577724 9780521571371 0521571375
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-183) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"This book provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese labour market institutions and practices with respect to employment issues and labour payments. Includes extensive discussion of the effects of industrial relations, small business activity, business cycles and schooling on work and pay. An early chapter is devoted to presenting, in an accessible manner, essential labour market ideas and concepts that recur throughout the text."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Hart, Robert A. Work and pay in Japan. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521571375

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. Setting the scene
2. Labour market concepts
3. Industrial relations
4. Labour costs
5. The bonus system
6. Recruitment, training, promotion and retirement
7. Employment, productivity and costs over the business cycle
8. Small businesses, subcontracting and employment
9. Schooling and earnings
10. Work and pay in Japan and elsewhere