"Stable Wage Distribution in Japan, 1982-2002: A Counter Example for SBTC?"
by KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) and MORI Yuko (Hitotsubashi University)
July 2008

"Labor Market Institution Reform in Japan: Problems and recommendations"
by TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
May 2008

"Does Employment Protection Reduce Productivity?: An analysis using Basic Survey of Japanese Business Structure and Activities microdata"
by OKUDAIRA Hiroko (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), TAKIZAWA Miho (Toyo University), and TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
May 2008

"Age-Free Law and Policy: A labor market approach or an approach of guaranteeing human rights"
by MORITO Hideyuki (Sophia University)
May 2008

"Labor Market Reform and Labor Law"
by KOJIMA Noriaki (Graduate School of Law, Osaka University)
May 2008

"A Way to Resolve the Gender Inequality in Wage: Economic irrationality of statistical discrimination"
by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
September 2007

"Empirical Analysis of Fertility Rates - Focus on its relationship with the state of economic activity and family policy"
by TODA Akihito (Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
March 2007

"Impact of Regional Factors on Births and Wives' Continuation in Employment - Panel survey of consumers by the Institute for Research on Household Economics"
by HIGUCHI Yoshio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI), MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI), and SATO Kazuma (Research Assistant, RIETI / Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Keio University)
March 2007

"Marital Satisfaction and Work-Life Balance: A Viewpoint Indispensable to Mitigating Fertility Decline"
by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
September 2006

"New Evidences on What Job Creation and Job Destruction Represent"
by Carlos Henrique Corseuil (University College London / IPEA), Hidehiko Ichimura (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / University of Tokyo)
April 2006

"Employment of MNEs in Japan: New Evidence"
by Kozo Kiyota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Yokohama National University), Toshiyuki Matsuura (RIETI)
March 2006

"True Relationship Between Female Labor Force Participation and Total Fertility Rate: An Analysis of OECD Countries"
by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago / Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
January 2006

"The Declining Fertility Rate at the Below-Replacement Level: Determining Factors and Countermeasures - The Roles of Husbands, Workplaces, the Government and Society"
by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
December 2004

"The Realities and Changes of 'Lifetime Employment': Trends from 1945 to 1995"
by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
December 2004

"The Impact of Computerization on Regular Employment"
by SUNADA Mitsuru, Research Assistant, RIETI, HIGUCHI Yoshio, Faculty Fellow, RIETI, and ABE Masahiro, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
November 2004

"Corporate Finance and Human Resource Management"
by ABE Masahiro and HOSHI Takeo
August 1, 2004

"A Comparative Analysis of Job Entry Methods in Japan, the U.S. and Europe"
by HIGUCHI Yoshio, Faculty Fellow, RIETI, KODAMA Toshihiro, Senior Fellow, RIETI, and ABE Masahiro, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
July 2004

"The Effects of Job Entry Methods on Outcomes in Switching Jobs"
by KODAMA Toshihiro, Senior Fellow, RIETI, HIGUCHI Yoshio, Faculty Fellow, RIETI, ABE Masahiro, Faculty Fellow, RIETI, MATSUURA Toshiyuki, Quantitative Analysis and Database Group, RIETI, and SUNADA Mitsuru, Research Assistant, RIETI
July 2004

"Toward a Comparative Perspective on Corporate Governance and Labour Management"
by Gregory JACKSON, Fellow, RIETI
July 2004

"What Japanese Workers Want: Evidence from the Japanese Worker Representation and Participation Survey"
by CHUMA Hiroyuki, KATO Takao and OHASHI Isao
April 2004

"Physical and Human Capital Deepening and New Trade Patterns in Japan"
by FUKAO Kyoji and ITO Keiko
January 2004

"Minimum Wage and Employment"
RIETI International Seminar, November 16, 2007

"Identifying Conditions for Women's Active Participation in Society"
November 9, 2004

"Marital Satisfaction and Work-Life Balance: A Viewpoint Indispensable to Mitigating Fertility Decline"
by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo, Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Sociology, the University of Chicago
September 15, 2006

"Getting the Best from Knowledge Workers: How Does Human Resources Management Contribute?"
by Craig A. MARSH, Theseus Institute, France
November 8, 2004

"China's Challenge: Employment and Unemployment"
by MENG Jianjun, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
April 5, 2002

"Measures for Narrowing Male-Female Wage Gap: Support for work-life balance"
by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, June 16, 2008

"Non-Regular Employment and Inequality among Workers: Institutional reform toward equitable treatment"
by TSURU Kotaro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, May 13, 2008

"Fertility Decline & Work/Life Balance"
by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo
Economy, Culture & History JAPAN SPOTLIGHT Bimonthly, November / December 2007

"Greater Workplace/Employment Flexibility Key to Tackling Low Fertility Problem in Face of Declining Population"
by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
Nihon Keizai Shimbun., December 21, 2006

"Cheer Up, Labor Unions!"
by Ronald DORE, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
Tokyo Shimbun, September 19, 2004

"Why Do Government Policies Fail to Promote Female Participation?"
by TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki, Faculty Fellow, Research Counselor, RIETI
Research & Review, February 2005

"The State and Change in the 'Lifetime Employment' in Japan: From the End of War Through 1995"
by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
Research & Review, November 2004

"Corporate Restructuring and its Impact on Value-added, Productivity, Employment and Wages"
by HIGUCHI Yoshio, Faculty Fellow, RIETI and MATSUURA Toshiyuki, Research Staff, RIETI
Research & Review, April 2004

"Corporate Restructuring and its Impact on Value-added, Productivity, Employment and Wages"
by HIGUCHI Yoshio and MATSUURA Toshiyuki
Research & Review, April 2004

"Institutional Reforms for Enterprise-based Welfare Provisions"
by TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
Research & Review, November 2003

"Labor Market Institutions Reform in Japan: Changing the Ways People Work"
by TSURU Kotaro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
March 25, 2008

"Work-life Balance and Wives' Marital Satisfaction: Essential viewpoint in developing measures to counter declining fertility"
by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
September 5, 2006

"Creating an Employment System that Provides Hope for the Future and the Role of Employers - Moving Beyond Arguments over Performance- Versus Seniority-based Systems"
by TSURU Kotaro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
January 11, 2005

"Mitigating Fertility Decline in Japan: Roles of Husband, Workplace, Government, and Community"
by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
September 14, 2004

"The Formal and Informal Aspects of an Organization"
by TAKIZAWA Hirokazu, Fellow, RIETI
May 18, 2004

"A Re-examination of Labor Movement and Economic Development in China"
by MENG Jianjun, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
March 9, 2004

"Economic Structural Reform and Labor Market Formation in China"
by MENG Jianjun, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
April 2, 2002

"Debates; Work-life Balance in Japan"
written and edited by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo, HIGUCHI Yoshio
April 2008

"Current Issues Surrounding Women at Work and in the Family: Proposals Going Beyond This Age of Decreasing Population"
written and edited by TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki
October 2005

"Identifying Conditions for Women's Active Participation in Society"
by TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki, Faculty Fellow / Research Counselor, RIETI
October 27, 2004

"Part Ten: Will Technical Change Solve the Wage Inequality Problem?"
by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
Kobayashi-sensei's Economic Research Picks, October 16, 2007

"Japan is Cursed by Gresham's Law: Let Darwin's Law Rule"
by C.H. KWAN, Senior Fellow, RIETI
China in Transition, July 9, 2002

"Work Sharing: Will Japan Follow in China's Footsteps?"
by C.H. KWAN, Senior Fellow, RIETI
China in Transition, March 29, 2002

"Labor Supply May Restrict China's Long-Term Economic Growth"
by C.H. KWAN, Senior Fellow, RIETI
China in Transition, March 1, 2002

"Overcoming Japan's 'China Syndrome'"
by C.H. KWAN, Senior Fellow, RIETI
China in Transition, February 19, 2002

"Redressing China's Regional Disparity Problem"
by C.H. KWAN, Senior Fellow, RIETI
China in Transition, January 25 and February 01, 2002

"Changing How People Work in Japan"
RIETI Report 94, May 13, 2008

"Minimum Wage and its Effect on Employment"
RIETI Report 89, December 14, 2007

"Work-Life Balance to Counteract Declining Fertility"
RIETI Report 74, September 29, 2006

"Identifying Conditions for Women's Active Participation in Society - Part II"
RIETI Report 52, November 25, 2004

"Japan's Aging Workforce and Labor System, not its Culture, Inhibit Entrepreneurship"
by YASUDA Takehiko, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
Miyakodayori 39, June 3, 2002

"The Hollowing Out of Japan: Should We Be Worried?"
by NAKAMURA Yoshiaki, Fellow, RIETI
Miyakodayori 32, March 4, 2002

"Irrational Exuberance on China's Economy"
by C.H. KWAN, Senior Fellow, RIETI
Miyakodayori 23, August 30, 2001

"Girls, Be Ambitious!"
by TANAKA Nobuo, Executive Director, RIETI
Miyakodayori 11, February 26, 2001

"Job-Changing Possibilities as Seen in Reemployment of Mine Workers Left Jobless after the Closure of the Mitsui Miike Mine"
by KODAMA Toshihiro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
on Radio, January 9, 2001