Internal Labour Markets, Incentives and Employment

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Wages and Labour Market Institutions in International Comparison....Pages 19-48
Job Tenure versus Age: Effects on Wages and the Implication of Consumption for Wages....Pages 49-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Fighting for Turf in an Internal Labour Market....Pages 81-97
Decentralised Personnel Management....Pages 98-125
A Model for Patterns of Industrial Relations....Pages 126-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Hiring Risky Workers....Pages 143-158
Employer Learning and the Signalling Value of Education....Pages 159-195
Employment Adjustment in Japanese Firms: Negative Profits and Dismissals....Pages 196-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Is Japan’s Long-Term Employment System Changing?....Pages 225-268
Intra-Firm Mobility, Wages and Promotion in the Japanese Employment System....Pages 269-299
German Job Mobility and Wages....Pages 300-332
A Historical Note: Does History Matter?....Pages 333-335
Back Matter....Pages 337-347