To Fire or to Hoard? : Explaining Japan's Labor Market Response in the Great Recession /

The Great Recession pushed Japan's unemployment rate to historic highs, but the increase has been small by international standards and small relative to the large output shock. This paper explores Japan's cyclical labor market response to the global financial crisis. Our findings suggest t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steinberg, Chad
Other Authors: Nakane, Masato
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/015
Online Access:Full text available on IMF