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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training ( JILPT)


JAPAN LABOR REVIEW
 Vol. 5, No. 1 Winter 2008 [25 January 2008] 
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR17_all.pdf
[full-text, 160 pages] 
  Special Edition                                                 
  Regional Employment

                
Introduction            
Souichi Ohta
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR17_intro.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]

Articles                

    * Circumstances behind Growing Regional Disparities in Employment
                Yoshio Higuchi
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR17_higuchi.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]


    * Community Based Economic Renaissance and Job Creation in Japan
                Takeo Kikkawa
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR17_kikkawa.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]


    * A Convergence Analysis on the Efficiency of Public Job Placement Services in Japan
                Yanfei Zhou
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR17_zhou.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]


    * Measures for Supporting Regional Job Creation in Japan
                Minoru Ito
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR17_ito.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]


    * Job Creation by Local Initiatives: Effects of Special Zones for Structural Reform
                Kazufumi Yugami
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR17_yugami.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]


    * Present Situation and Issues of Municipal Employment Strategy
                Hiroaki Watanabe
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR17_watanabe.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]


JILPT Research Activities
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR16_activities.pdf      

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