Japanese management practices: Their implication on productivity, employment and income distribution

It is suggested that economists should attach more importance to the economic role of social system and employees asset ownership. It is shown that the seniority wage profile together with the so-called lifetime employment practice in Japan has an employment promoting effect similar to that of M.L....

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Published in:International journal of production economics 1997-10, Vol.52 (1), p.105-115
Main Author: Maruo, Naomi
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