TY - JOUR
T1 - Does downsizing take a toll on retained staff? An analysis of increased working hours in the early 2000s in Japan
AU - Genda, Yuji
AU - Kuroda, Sachiko
AU - Ohta, Souichi
N1 - Funding Information:
A part of the data used in this study is taken from the Labor Force Survey housed at the on-site data center of the Statistical Research and Training Institute, Ministry of International Affairs and Communications, Japan. The authors gratefully acknowledge the MIAC for providing the precious data. The authors also extend their heartfelt gratitude to Professors Mitsuhiro Fukao (Keio University), Yoshio Higuchi (Keio University), Sébastien Lechevalier (L’École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales), Takanobu Nakajima (Keio University), Thomas Piketty (Paris School of Economics), Isamu Yamamoto (Keio University), and participants of the Workshop at Keio University and the Paris School of Economics Lunch Seminar for their valuable comments. Any remaining errors are entirely our own. This research is supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (grant number 22000001, academic project on Economic Analysis of Intergenerational Issues: Searching for Further Development) and the Japanese government’s Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [C] (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Research No. 25380372 ).
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PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - Using several kinds of micro data from household, employee, and retrospective surveys, this study examines the increase in the working hours of regular male employees in Japan during the serious recession of the early 2000s. The most important finding of this study is that working hours tended to be long among regular male employees in firms with major employee adjustments. The results suggest that the existence of abundant fixed duties necessary to maintain the internal organization of a firm primarily account for the increase in working hours of male employees during the recession.
AB - Using several kinds of micro data from household, employee, and retrospective surveys, this study examines the increase in the working hours of regular male employees in Japan during the serious recession of the early 2000s. The most important finding of this study is that working hours tended to be long among regular male employees in firms with major employee adjustments. The results suggest that the existence of abundant fixed duties necessary to maintain the internal organization of a firm primarily account for the increase in working hours of male employees during the recession.
KW - Employee adjustments
KW - Hours worked
KW - Japan's lost decades
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jjie.2015.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jjie.2015.02.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84925726253
SN - 0889-1583
VL - 36
SP - 1
EP - 24
JO - Journal of The Japanese and International Economies
JF - Journal of The Japanese and International Economies
ER -