This paper uses new Japanese panel data to estimate the impact on productive efficiency of human resource management practices (HRMPs) designed to promote information sharing at the top level and at the grass roots level, and financial participation. These include joint labor-management...

We report the first results for Japanese firms on the effects of clusters of participatory employment practices (or participation/employee involvement at the top level as well as at the grassroots level, and financial participation) by estimating production functions using new panel data. We...

This paper uses new Japanese panel data to estimate the impact of various human resource management practices (HRMP's) on productivity efficiency. These include information sharing devices, such as joint labor-management committees (JLMC's) and non-union employee associations (NUEA's), and...