Competition and cooperation in Japanese labour markets
By: Carl Mosk.
Series: Studies in the modern Japanese economy
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Labor market -- Japan.; Business and education -- Japan.; Competition (Psychology)
Description: This volume explains the salient features of the Japanese labour market and their evolution through time. The key idea is integrated segmentation: on the demand side, within the educational system; on the supply side, monitoring the costs which underlie labour contracts. Demand- and supply-side segmentation exists in a number of countries. What is peculiar to Japan is the way demand and supply segmentation overlap and the muting of the wage and income differentials which segmentation generates.

Because it is segmented on both supply and demand sides the Japanese labour market is highly competitive; but because it is integrated, cooperation is deeply rooted within it as well.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-286) and index.