Overview
2006 - 2010
In order to study a new "form" for Japan's labor market institutions, and types of reform, we will organize a study group that will conduct theoretical and empirical research from various perspectives such as law, economics and management. While looking broadly at labor market institutions as a whole, we will also look into the interrelationships of each constituent part, and in particular will make suggestions regarding a comprehensive system of labor laws from a standpoint that transcends vertical segmentation and boundaries. When conducting our analysis we will fully embrace international viewpoints and methods of analysis, including experiences from Europe and elsewhere, and will attempt to elucidate the relationships between labor laws and institutions and the labor market and employment systems, and in turn the relationship (including the issue of non-regular employment) with economic performance.
Major Research Results
Major Research Results
2010
RIETI Discussion Papers
11-E-047
"Evidence of a Growing Inequality in Work Timing Using a Japanese Time-Use Survey" (KURODA Sachiko and YAMAMOTO Isamu)
11-J-061
"An Empirical Analysis on the Happiness of Japanese Non-Regular Workers" (KUME Koichi, OHTAKE Fumio, OKUDAIRA Hiroko and TSURU Kotaro)
11-J-060
"Issues Related to Creating a System of Laws for Fixed-Term Employment Contracts" (SHIMADA Yoichi)
11-J-059
"Is Equivalent Wages for Equivalent Work an Illusion?: Legal principles for eliminating the disparity between regular and non-regular employees" (MIZUMACHI Yuichiro)
11-J-058
"Expected Tightening of Employment Regulations and the Reality We Need to Look Straight" (KOJIMA Noriaki)
11-J-057
"Diverse Regular Employees and Non-regular Employment" (MORISHIMA Motohiro)
11-J-056
"Analyzing the Relationship Between Poverty and Work: Exploring ways to solve the problem of the working poor" (HIGUCHI Yoshio, ISHII Kayoko and SATO Kazuma)
11-J-055
"What Does a Temporary Help Service Offer?: Preliminary evidence from Japan" (OKUDAIRA Hiroko, OHTAKE Fumio, KUME Koichi and TSURU Kotaro)
11-J-054
"A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Dispatched Workers" (OHTAKE Fumio and LEE Sun Youn)
11-J-053
"When Do People Work?: An analysis on work timing between regular and non-regular workers" (KURODA Sachiko amd YAMAMOTO Isamu)
11-J-052
"Involuntary Non-Regular Workers in Japan and Their Mental Health" (YAMAMOTO Isamu)
11-J-051
"Why Has the Fraction of Contingent Workers Increased?: A case study of Japan" (ASANO Hirokatsu, ITO Takahiro and KAWAGUCHI Daiji)
11-J-050
"A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Dispatched Workers" (OHTAKE Fumio, OKUDAIRA Hiroko, KUME Koichi and TSURU Kotaro)
11-J-049
"A Bird Eye's View for Coping with Non-Regular Employment Problems: Towards reform of the temporary employment system" (TSURU Kotaro)
2009
RIETI Discussion Papers
09-E-031
"How are Hours Worked and Wages Affected by Labor Regulations?: The white-collar exemption and 'name-only managers' in Japan" (KURODA Sachiko and YAMAMOTO Isamu)
10-J-025
"Measuring Social Exclusion of Non Regular Workers in Japan" (KUME Koichi, OHTAKE Fumio, OKUDAIRA Hiroko and TSURU Kotaro)
10-J-017
"Institutional Reform of Working Hours from a Workplace Standpoint: With a focus on incorporated national universities" (KOJIMA Noriaki)
10-J-015
"Legislative Issues of the Working Hours System for White Collar Workers" (SHIMADA Yoichi)
10-J-014
"Working Hours Reform: A bird's-eye perspective" (TSURU Kotaro)
10-J-013
"Is Work Sharing Effective?" (KAWAGUCHI Daiji and TSURU Kotaro)
10-J-012
"Legal Issues of Working Hours and the Direction of Reforms" (MIZUMACHI Yuichiro)
10-J-011
"Working Hours, Management, and Workers: What kinds of people in what kinds of companies feel their working hours are becoming longer?" (MORISHIMA Motohiro)
10-J-010
"Working Hours Policy From an Economics Standpoint" (HIGUCHI Yoshio)
09-J-021
"White Collar Exemption and Working Conditions: Impact of overtime regulations on hours worked and hourly wages" (KURODA Sachiko and YAMAMOTO Isamu)
RIETI Policy Discussion Papers
Publication
RIETI Policy Symposium
Apr. 02, 2009
"Working Hours Reform in Japan"
2008
RIETI Discussion Papers
- 08-J-060
"Fairness Today: From the perspective of organizational justice" (MORISHIMA Motohiro)
08-J-056
"The Reform of Labor Market Institutions from the Perspectives of Law and Economics" (HIGUCHI Yoshio)
08-J-040
"Reform of the labor market" (YASHIRO Naohiro)
08-J-022
"Age-Free Law and Policy: A labor market approach or an approach of guaranteeing human rights" (MORITO Hideyuki)
08-J-021
"Dispute Resolution Systems and Collective Bargaining: From the perspective of disputes over dismissal" (KAMBAYASHI Ryo)
08-J-020
"Issues for Labor Law and Changes in Corporate Organization" (SHIMADA Yoichi)
08-J-019
"Economic Analysis of Long Working Hours" (OHTAKE Fumio and OKUDAIRA Hiroko)
08-J-018
"Basis and Direction of Labor Law Reform: Japan and the debate in Europe and the United States" (MIZUMACHI Yuichiro)
08-J-017
"Does Employment Protection Reduce Productivity?: An analysis using Basic Survey of Japanese Business Structure and Activities microdata" (OKUDAIRA Hiroko, TAKIZAWA Miho and TSURU Kotaro)
08-J-016
"Labor Market Reform and Labor Law" (KOJIMA Noriaki)
08-J-015
"Labor Market Institution Reform in Japan: Problems and recommendations" (TSURU Kotaro)
Publication
RIETI Policy Symposium
Apr. 04, 2008
"Labor Market Institutions Reform in Japan"
(Japanese)
