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, achieve trade liberalization ? Exploiting the case of trade liberalization in 1960s Japan, this paper addresses this question …
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-term consequences for the labor market structure. To this end, we examine Japan’s Lost Decade, the original Great Recession that … women made in enhancing their share of standard employment during Japan’s high growth decade in the 1980s are found to be …
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This paper explores the structure and function of the intra-firm trade network in Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi Shoji) from 1928 to 1936. In this period, Mitsubishi Co. substantially expanded its global branch network. Using original documents of Mitsubishi Co., we obtained the data on the...
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-sector performance and manufacturing productivity in Japan for the period 1980-2005. Assuming that an improvement in producer services is …
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This paper estimates the contribution of R&D spillovers to productivity growth Japanese manufacturing industry by estimating two alternative measures of productivity growth and two different types of R&D spillovers. The results suggest that TFP growth is affected neither by rent R&D spillovers...
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Behind rising natural rate of unemployment, they often point out the decline in matching efficiency of the labor market. We empirically examine the cause of matching friction based on the theory of directed search model such as Burdett, Shi and Wright (2001). From rich micro data on vacancy size...
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function and the wage equation using employer-employee matched data from Japan. These estimations offer a comprehensive test …
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What happened to the traditional, long-term employment practices in Japan after the 1990s has remained unexplored. We …
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expand at the cost of home employment in Japan. On the contrary, the findings suggest that overseas operations have somewhat …
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mechanisms, such as keiretsu memberships and bank-appointed directors, and pay-performance sensitivity in Japan. Previous studies …-appointed monitors did not function well in Japan in the 1990s. …
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