The Japanese labour market during the global financial crisis and the role of non-standard work: A micro perspective |
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Affiliation: | 1. OECD Employment Analysis and Policy Division, 2, rue André-Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France;2. Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8603, Japan;3. Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan;4. The Institution of Social Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan;1. Kyoto University, 2, Asashiro-Nishi, Kumatori-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka, 590-0494, Japan;2. National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba, 263-8555, Japan;3. Waseda University, 513, Waseda-Tsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-0041, Japan;1. iTHEMS, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan;2. Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8585, Japan;1. Institute of Systems Engineering, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto-daigaku-katsura, Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8246, Japan;1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 2-1-1 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan;2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan;3. Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan |
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Abstract: | This paper analyses aggregate labour dynamics during the global financial crisis in Japan and the role of non-standard work using micro data. The analysis proceeds in two steps. First, using comprehensive establishment-level datasets for the period 1991–2009, it provides a detailed portrait of the adjustment behaviour of establishments at the micro level. Second, it compares aggregate labour market dynamics during the global financial crisis with that observed during the 1997 crisis and decomposes the observed differences into components that can be attributed to changes in the micro-adjustment behaviour of Japanese establishments, changes in the incidence of non-standard work and changes in the distribution of shocks across establishments. It finds that the incidence of non-standard work has increased considerably, worker turnover is much higher among non-standard than standard workers and adjustments in working-time are less important for non-standard workers. Counterfactual simulations suggest that the employment response during the global crisis would have been smaller if the incidence of non-standard work remained at the level observed during the 1997 crisis. The relatively small employment response observed during the global financial crisis is therefore driven by factors other than the increase in the incidence of non-standard work. |
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Keywords: | Labour market duality Labour market resilience Job quality Temporary work Crisis |
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