Table of Contents
1. Facing up to the Hurdle Race Section 1: State of the Economy since 1990 and Implications for Labour Markets 2. Australia’s changing Labour Market 3. Economic Recession and changes in Wages of Part-Time Employees in Japan 4. The changing Distribution of Working Hours in Australia Section 2: Trade and the Labour Markets 5. Has Globalisation Increased Australian Inequality? 6. Imports, Production, and the Australian Worker Section 3: Earnings and Income Distribution 7. A Rising Tide? Income Inequality, the Social Safety Net and the Labour Market in Australia 8. The changing Role of Skill, Wages, Employment and Education in the Japanese Labour Market, 1985-2005 Section 4: Population Aging and Migration 9. Labour Force Participation of Older Workers in Australia and Japan: A Tale of Two Pension Systems 10. Australia’s Skilled Migration Program and Skilled Migration between Australia and Japan 11. Ageing, Migration, and Female Workers in Japan Section 5: Youth and Women 12. Changing Transitions: Developments in the Labour Market and education for Australian Youth since the 1980s 13. Equal Employment Opportunity, Work-Life Balance and Corporate Performance in Japan: An Analysis based on Matched Employer–Manager–Employee Data