backgrounds. We propose that a disadvantaged background lowers desirability on the labour market, which matters more to employers … as the labour market tightens. When the local unemployment rate is high, young adults from a disadvantaged background are …

backgrounds. We propose that a disadvantaged background lowers desirability on the labour market, which matters more to employers … as the labour market tightens. When the local unemployment rate is high, young adults from adisadvantaged background are …

Changes in the structure and regulation of employment in Japan differentially impact men and women. The labor force … participation of Japanese women is increasing, but women's employment is concentrated in relatively deregulated and flexible forms … of non-standard and precarious employment. Women and men have relatively equal levels of unemployment at present, but the …