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Labour Market and Economic Performance

Europe, Japan and the USA

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Toshiaki Tachibanaki

    1. Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Labour Market and Economic Performance

    1. Introduction: Labour Market and Economic Performance

      • Toshiaki Tachibanaki
      Pages 1-29

  3. Wages

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Wage Behaviour and Labour Market Programmes in Sweden: Evidence from Microdata

      • Per-Anders Edin, Bertil Holmlund, Thomas Östros
      Pages 33-55

    3. Wage Differentials by Industry and the Size of Firm, and Labour Market in Japan

      • Toshiaki Tachibanaki, Souichi Ohta
      Pages 56-92

    4. Wage Inequality and Regional Labour Market Performance in the US

      • Robert H. Topel
      Pages 93-127

  5. Employment and Unemployment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. Unemployment in the OECD Countries

      • Richard Layard, Stephen Nickell
      Pages 253-295

    3. Organizational Form, Growth and Stability

      • Jonathan S. Leonard
      Pages 296-311

    4. ‘Main’ Bank System, Implicit Contracts and Trust in Deferred Payment Arrangements

      • Hiroshi Osano, Toshio Serita
      Pages 312-346

  6. Unions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 347-347
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    2. The Determinants of Labour Disputes in Japan: A Comparison with the US

      • Fumio Ohtake, Joseph S. Tracy
      Pages 349-372

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 373-384
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About this book

The book examines the effect of labour markets on economic performance in an international perspective; Europe, Japan and the US. Labour markets are an important determinant of the performance of both national economies and individual firms, as well as employment rewards such as wages and satisfaction levels. Many countries in Europe suffer from a high level of unemployment. The US economy suffers from low real income growth and widening wage dispersions. The level of worker satisfaction in Japan is relatively low despite her relatively better economic performance. The purpose of this book is to investigate these issues, and to provide readers with explanations of these phenomena and the differences in the performance of labour markets in Europe, Japan and the US. The book includes both theoretical and empirical studies of various countries undertaken by leading labour and macro economists, and presents several policy suggestions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Toshiaki Tachibanaki

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Labour Market and Economic Performance

  • Book Subtitle: Europe, Japan and the USA

  • Editors: Toshiaki Tachibanaki

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23612-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-59905-1Published: 27 September 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-23612-1Published: 06 January 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 384

  • Topics: Labor Economics, International Economics

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