Non-regular Employment System Reform in Japan: Changing the way people work

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Author(s)/Editor(s) Written and edited by TSURU Kotaro, HIGUCHI Yoshio, MIZUMACHI Yuichiro
Publisher Nippon Hyoronsha Co., Ltd.
ISBN 978-4-535-55671-3
Publication Date June 2011

Table of Contents

Foreword
Chapter1   A bird eye's view for coping with non-regular employment problems
Chapter2   Life and employment of temporary workers
Chapter3   Why has the fraction of contingent workers increased?
Chapter4   Involuntary non-regular workers in Japan and their mental health
Chapter5   When do people work?
Chapter6   A behavioral economic analysis of dispatched workers
Chapter7   What does a temporary help service offer?
Chapter8   Analyzing the relationship between poverty and work
Chapter9   Diverse regular employees and non-regular employment
Chapter10   Expected tightening of employment regulations and the reality we need to look straight
Chapter11   Is equivalent wages for equivalent work an illusion?
Chapter12   Issues related to creating a system of laws for fixed-term employment contracts

* This publication is in Japanese. An English translation is not available.