The Path to Higher Growth : Does Revamping Japan's Dual Labor Market Matter? /

This paper argues that Japan's excessive labor market duality can reduce Total Factor Productivity (TFP) due to a negative impact on non-regular workers' effort and on firms' incentives to train them. On the basis of cross-country empirical evidence, the paper proposes some reform opt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Aoyagi, Chie
Outros autores: Ganelli, Giovanni
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/202
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF