Internal Labour Markets, Incentives and Employment

Toshiaki Tachibanaki

Jun 1998 · Springer

About this ebook

The economic performance of a national economy, as shown by indicators such as the rate of unemployment and inflation, is heavily dependent on the operation of its external and internal labour markets. From this standpoint the book focuses on the functions of internal labour markets and their interaction with external labour markets, comparing those of the Japanese and Western styles. The differing mechanisms of internal labour markets are examined by a strong range of international contributors from Japan, North America and Europe.

About the author

JOSEPH G. ALTONJI Professor, Department of Economics and Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University LORNE CARMICHAEL Professor of Economics and Head of the Department, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada HIROYUKI CHUMA Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University JOOP HARTOG Professor of Microeconomics, University of Amsterdam OSAMU HAYASHIDA Lecturer, Osaka Keizai University, Japan HEDESHI ITOH Associate Professor of Economics, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Japan EDWARD LAZEAR Jack Steele Professor of Human Resources Management and Economics, Stanford University KONOSUKE ODAKA Professor of Economics and Economic History, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University SOUICHI OHTA Assistant Professor of Economics, Nagoya University, Japan CHARLES R.PIERRET Research Economist, Office of Economic Research and Program Development, Bureau of Labour Statistics, US Department of Labour TERUKAZU SURUGA Professor of Economics, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan HIROSHI TERUYAMA Associate Professor of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan COEN TEULINGS Professor of Labour Economics and Economic Policy, University of Amsterdam SHIGERU WAKITA Associate Professor of Economics, Tokyo Metropolitan University KLAUS F.ZEMMERMANN Professor of Economics, University of Munich and Director of SELAPO