This paper poses three fundamental questions about lifetime employment in Japan: How big is it? How unique is it? And … covers roughly 20 percent of the Japanese labor force. Job mobility remains considerably lower in Japan than in other …

erwartenden demografischen Wandels müssen vor allem die stark alternden Länder Deutschland und Japan mit einer spürbaren Dämpfung … simulation results for Germany, Japan and the USA through 2050 show how key macroeconomic indicators (labour productivity, GDP … with rapidly aging populations such as Japan and Germany in particular should expect a noticeable slowdown in the growth of …

As the third largest economy in the world and a precursor of global trends in population aging, Japan’s recent …

As the third largest economy in the world and a precursor of global trends in population aging, Japan’s recent …

This paper addresses three questions: (1) How big is lifetime employment in Japan? (2) How unique is it? and (3) How is … it changing? Through the use of multiple data sets and methods, I find that no more than 20% of workers in Japan are … mobility remains considerably lower in Japan than in other advanced economies (particularly the US). Evidence regarding changes …