Ono, Hiroshi - In: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 24 (2010) 1, pp. 1-27
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 likely to be employed under informal lifetime employment...