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While work styles and preferences of workers in Japan are diversified, the conventional labor policy cannot cope fully with the issues from the diversification. To clarify the issues, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) conducted an online survey. In this paper, we analyzed...
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In this paper, we examine the effects of family background during childhood and non-cognitive ability on future outcomes such as educational attainment, employment status, and wages.The results show that the home environment during childhood has a positive effect on educational attainment, but...
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The aim of this paper is to test whether or not a temporary help service (THS) job benefits workers in Japan. By applying the average treatment effect on the treated estimation and its sensitivity tests to the Japanese survey data, we obtained the following findings. First, we observed evidence...
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This paper empirically investigates the social exclusion of non regular workers in Japan by conducting an internet survey of non regular workers on a national scale. Based on survey data, indexes were created to measure 7 types of social exclusion. We then categorized respondents by employment...
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We examine survey-based evidence on the desired wage compensation of non-regular workers in response to employment insecurity and work flexibility. Comparing the compensation rate by work status, contract workers ask for the highest rate for employment insecurity while part time workers ask for...
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Using the results of our Internet survey, this paper investigates the determinants of happiness for Japanese non-regular workers, and also discusses policy implications for improving workers' well-being. Taking advantage of our rich dataset, we carefully distinguish the characteristics of...
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The aim of this paper is to provide a preliminary test of whether or not temporary help service (THS) work benefits workers in Japan. By applying the simple ATT (average treatment effect on the treated) method to Japanese survey data, we obtained two tentative findings.First, we cannot deny the...
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Based on the results of the Survey on Life and Job Search Activities of Temporary Workers, an Internet survey conducted by RIETI, this paper investigates the situation of temporary agency workers and summarizes the characteristics of these workers in comparison with other non-regular workers....
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While globalization of economic activity and development of information technology have brought us better living standards, they also may increase the diffusion of risks such as financial crises, natural disasters, and terrorism. Under these circumstances, the government of each country is...
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Currently, the world faces a vast number of risks such as cyber attacks, energy crises, food crises, pandemics, terror, and war. According to a report issued by the World Economic Forum, "systemic financial crisis" was pointed out as the greatest risk to impact the world and the probability of...
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