Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States
Seiritsu Ogura, Toshiaki Tachibanaki, and David A. Wise
Abstract
This volume, the fourth to result from a collaboration between the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research, presents a selection of thirteen chapters addressing issues in the employment practices, labor markets, and health, benefit, and pension policies of the United States and Japan. After an opening chapter assessing the recent ascendance of the U.S. economy, chapters diverge to tackle a range of specific issues. Focusing less on international comparison than on the assembly of high-quality research, contributors hone in on a variety of individual topi ... More
This volume, the fourth to result from a collaboration between the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research, presents a selection of thirteen chapters addressing issues in the employment practices, labor markets, and health, benefit, and pension policies of the United States and Japan. After an opening chapter assessing the recent ascendance of the U.S. economy, chapters diverge to tackle a range of specific issues. Focusing less on international comparison than on the assembly of high-quality research, contributors hone in on a variety of individual topics. Chapters delve into issues of youth employment, participatory employment, information sharing, fringe benefits, and drug coverage in Japan, as well as the dynamics of medical savings accounts, private insurance coverage, and benefit options in the U.S.
Keywords:
employment practices,
labor markets,
health policies,
benefit policies,
pension policies,
U.S. economy,
youth employment,
participatory employment,
information sharing,
fringe benefits
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2003 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780226620947 |
| Published to Chicago Scholarship Online: February 2013 |
DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226620954.001.0001 |
