We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and the East - China and Eastern Europe - in …

This report introduces two of the most successful industrial development models of the modern time the Japanese as a …

This paper uses unique firm-level panel data from Japan and provides new evidence on the possible impact on gender … of the most often discussed changes in the Japanese HRM system in recent years. Our fixed effect estimates indicate that …

and the work morale of employees, using an original survey of employees from a selected Japanese automobile maker. We find …

children. However, few studies have yet investigated the factors which may promote or inhibit breastfeeding practices in Japan … breastfeeding practices in Japan. …

to immigration? This paper reports results from a large-scale experiment conducted in Japan, a country with widespread …

late 1970s and early 1980s. These changes were concurrent with a rapid rise in import competition from Japan. We assess the …

Using data for the 1990?s, this paper examines the role of sheepskin effects in the returns to education for Japan. Our … the US. These results could be explained by the particular recruitment system of large firms in Japan, which makes the …

Diego County, California, and the Japanese industrial city of Hamamatsu. In contrast to San Diego, the standard measures of ….g., gender, ethnicity) has a much greater impact on immigrant wages in Japan than in the United States. Although the use of … Hamamatsu, whereas it is negative in San Diego. The paper draws on data from ethnographic studies in Japan and California to …