TY - BOOK AU - Koike,Kazuo TI - The economics of work in Japan SN - 4924971022 AV - HD8726.5 .K54713 1996 PY - 1996/// CY - Tokyo PB - LTCB International Library Foundation KW - Industrial relations KW - Japan KW - Labor economics KW - Labor policy N1 - "This book was originally published in Japanese in 1991 by Toyo Keizai Inc. under the title Shigoto no Keizaigaku"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-281) and index; Various worker groups -- Examining the seniority wage legend -- Examining the permanent employment theory -- The careers of workers at large companies -- Intellectual skills -- Current theories -- Adjustment to change: dismissal and unemployment -- Workers at small and medium-sized companies -- Women and older workers -- The transferability overseas of the Japanese way of working -- College graduates in industry -- Labor unions in the workplace -- Changes in wage levels and unemployment -- Basic theory and the theory of stages ER -