THE INSIDER-OUTSIDER MODEL AND JAPANESE LABOR UNIONS

Authors
YAMANE L
Citation
L. Yamane, THE INSIDER-OUTSIDER MODEL AND JAPANESE LABOR UNIONS, Japan and the world economy, 10(2), 1998, pp. 157-171
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Japan and the world economy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09221425
Volume
10
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
157 - 171
Database
ISI
SICI code
0922-1425(1998)10:2<157:TIMAJL>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The insider-outsider model has been used to explain the persistence of shacks to unemployment in Japan. This model of Japanese union behavio r is tested using both firm-level and aggregate-level data. The eviden ce does not provide support for the insider-outsider model, and thus t his mechanism for persistence. However, the evidence does show that Ja panese unions have a stronger preference for employment stability than U.S. unions. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.