Work and Pay in Japan or Economic and Monetary Union in Europe

Work and Pay in Japan

Author: Robert A Hart

Provides a detailed discussion of all aspects of employment (including recruitment, tenure, turnover, promotion, labor force participation, unemployment, and retirement) and labor payments (wages, bonus payments, non-wage costs) in the Japanese labor market. All topics are discussed in relation to comparable experience in the United States and Europe. A major theme concerns whether or not key features of Japanese labor market institutions and practices differ from competitor economies.

Table of Contents:

Preface:

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.

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Economic and Monetary Union in Europe: Moving beyond Maastricht

Author: Peter B B Kenen

This book provides a comprehensive account and analysis of the plan for European monetary union contained in the Maastricht Treaty. The provisions of the treaty itself are examined, showing how they evolved, what must be done to implement them, and some of the problems they will pose. Kenen goes far beyond the treaty, however, to survey and adapt recent research by economists on the benefits and costs of monetary unions, the conduct of monetary policy, and the consequences of large public deficits and debts.