Laggards and Leaders in Labour Market Reform: Comparing Japan and Australia

by Corbett; Jenny

• ISBN13: 9780415495943
• ISBN10: 0415495946
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book discusses the key elements of labour market reform, contrasting a country where reforms have been successfully carried through, Australia, with one where reforms have been less successful, Japan. The book demonstrates what the key elements of labour market reform are, and explores the key issues surrounding its implementation.

Table of Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of Contributors

Preface

Facing up to the hurdle race

State of the economy since 1990 and implications for labour markets

Australia's changing labour market

Economic recession and changes in wages of part-time employees in Japan

The changing distribution of working hours in Australia

Trade and the labour markets

Has globalisation increased Australian inequality?

Imports, production, and the Australian worker

Earnings and income distribution

A rising tide? Income inequality, the social safety net and the labour market in Australia

The changing role of skill, wages, employment and education in the Japanese labour market, 1985-2005

Population aging and migration

Labour force participation of older workers in Australia and Japan: a tale of two pension systems

Australia's skilled migration program and skilled migration between Australia and Japan

Ageing, migration, and female workers in Japan

Youth and women

Changing transitions: developments in the labour market and education for Australian youth since the 1980s

Equal employment opportunity, work-life balance and corporate performance in Japan: an analysis based on matched employer-manager-employee data

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