Friday, January 30, 2009
[IWS] JAPAN LABOR REVIEW: THE GENDER GAP in the JAPANESE LABOR MARKET [SPECIAL EDITION] [27 January 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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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
Volume 6, Number 1, Winter 2009 [27 January 2009]
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_all.pdf
[full-text, 110 pages]
Special Edition: The Gender Gap in the Japanese Labor Market
* Introduction
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_intro.pdf
* Articles
Labor Market Segmentation and the Gender Wage Gap
Haruhiko Hori
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_hori.pdf
Occupational Sex Segregation and the Japanese Employment Model: Case Studies of the Railway and Automobile Industries
Wakana Shuto
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_shuto.pdf
Testing the Taste-Based Discrimination Hypothesis: Evidence from Data on Japanese Listed Firms
Shinpei Sano
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_sano.pdf
Why Does Employing More Females Increase Corporate Profits?: Evidence from Japanese Panel Data
Naomi Komada
Kazuhiko Odaki
Yoko Takahashi
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_kot.pdf
Corporate Governance by Investors and the Role of Women
Akira Kawaguchi
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_akawaguchi.pdf
* Article Based on Research Reports
Changes in the Transition from High School to Work: Focus on High School Career Guidance
Yukie Hori
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_yhori.pdf>(285KB )
* JILPT Research Activities
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_activities.pdf
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
Japan Labor Review
Volume 6, Number 1, Winter 2009 [27 January 2009]
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_all.pdf
[full-text, 110 pages]
Special Edition: The Gender Gap in the Japanese Labor Market
* Introduction
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_intro.pdf
* Articles
Labor Market Segmentation and the Gender Wage Gap
Haruhiko Hori
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_hori.pdf
Occupational Sex Segregation and the Japanese Employment Model: Case Studies of the Railway and Automobile Industries
Wakana Shuto
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_shuto.pdf
Testing the Taste-Based Discrimination Hypothesis: Evidence from Data on Japanese Listed Firms
Shinpei Sano
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_sano.pdf
Why Does Employing More Females Increase Corporate Profits?: Evidence from Japanese Panel Data
Naomi Komada
Kazuhiko Odaki
Yoko Takahashi
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_kot.pdf
Corporate Governance by Investors and the Role of Women
Akira Kawaguchi
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_akawaguchi.pdf
* Article Based on Research Reports
Changes in the Transition from High School to Work: Focus on High School Career Guidance
Yukie Hori
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_yhori.pdf>(285KB )
* JILPT Research Activities
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_activities.pdf
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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