Competition and Cooperation in Japanese Labour Markets

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Theories of Open Unemployment....Pages 3-10
Measurement and Rates of Open Unemployment....Pages 11-20
Differences in Open Unemployment....Pages 21-29
Open Unemployment under Command Socialism....Pages 30-37
Hidden Unemployment....Pages 38-47
Economic Reforms under Command Socialism....Pages 48-55
Relative Economic Performance....Pages 56-65
Unemployment in Yugoslavia and China....Pages 66-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
The Collapse of Communism....Pages 79-86
Unemployment Compensation....Pages 87-97
Registered Unemployment....Pages 98-112
Eastern Germany....Pages 113-123
Soviet Union and Russia....Pages 124-134
Open Unemployment and the Population....Pages 135-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Economic Systems and Unemployment....Pages 151-159
Participation in Economic Activity....Pages 160-169
Causes of Open Unemployment....Pages 170-178
Outlook....Pages 179-188
Back Matter....Pages 189-230