Marcus Rebick is Nissan Lecturer in the Japanese Economy at Oxford University and a fellow of St. Antony's College. He has also taught at the Industrial and Labour Relations School at Cornell University and been a visiting researcher at Tokyo, Nagoya and Gakushuin Universities in Japan as well as several Japanese government institutions. He is a labour economist who has written numerous articles on Japan's labour market and institutions. He received his doctorate in Economics from Harvard in 1990.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. The Japanese employment system ; 3. Changes for regular employees ; 4. Non-standard employment ; 5. Industrial relations ; 6. Unemployment and inequality ; 7. Women ; 8. Older workers ; 9. Youth ; 10. The declining labour force ; 11. Conclusions and prospects

Rebick does a masterful job of drawing on a wide range of published statistics and reports to cover major features of employment relations and their recent changes in Japan."The book is amazingly up-to-date and wide ranging in its coverage".

Marcus Rebick is Nissan Lecturer in the Japanese Economy at Oxford University and a fellow of St. Antony's College. He has also taught at the Industrial and Labour Relations School at Cornell University and been a visiting researcher at Tokyo, Nagoya and Gakushuin Universities in Japan as well as several Japanese government institutions. He is a labour economist who has written numerous articles on Japan's labour market and institutions. He received his doctorate in Economics from Harvard in 1990.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. The Japanese employment system ; 3. Changes for regular employees ; 4. Non-standard employment ; 5. Industrial relations ; 6. Unemployment and inequality ; 7. Women ; 8. Older workers ; 9. Youth ; 10. The declining labour force ; 11. Conclusions and prospects

Rebick does a masterful job of drawing on a wide range of published statistics and reports to cover major features of employment relations and their recent changes in Japan."The book is amazingly up-to-date and wide ranging in its coverage".

Marcus Rebick is Nissan Lecturer in the Japanese Economy at Oxford University and a fellow of St. Antony's College. He has also taught at the Industrial and Labour Relations School at Cornell University and been a visiting researcher at Tokyo, Nagoya and Gakushuin Universities in Japan as well as several Japanese government institutions. He is a labour economist who has written numerous articles on Japan's labour market and institutions. He received his doctorate in Economics from Harvard in 1990.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. The Japanese employment system ; 3. Changes for regular employees ; 4. Non-standard employment ; 5. Industrial relations ; 6. Unemployment and inequality ; 7. Women ; 8. Older workers ; 9. Youth ; 10. The declining labour force ; 11. Conclusions and prospects

Rebick does a masterful job of drawing on a wide range of published statistics and reports to cover major features of employment relations and their recent changes in Japan."The book is amazingly up-to-date and wide ranging in its coverage".