Table of Contents:
  • 1. Setting the scene
  • 2. Labour market concepts
  • 3. Industrial relations
  • 4. Labour costs
  • 5. The bonus system
  • 6. Recruitment, training, promotion and retirement.
  • 7. Employment, productivity and costs over the business cycle
  • 8. Small businesses, subcontracting and employment
  • 9. Schooling and earnings
  • 10. Work and pay in Japan and elsewhere.