As a special service to JHRS members like you, we are pleased to inform you of the following latest information on publications, research reports, and statistics from The Japan Institute for Labor Productivity and Training or JILPT (an agency of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare or MHLW). We hope that you find this useful in your business and HR profession.
◆ Japan Labor Review, Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 2013
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The Japan Labor Review is a quarterly journal of research in the field of labor studies. For the purpose of providing valuable information on Japanese labor issues to the broad range of overseas readers, articles are selected, edited and published by an editorial board of the JILPT.
Main theme of this issue:
"The Impact of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act in Japan"
【Contents】
▽Introduction
▽Articles
・Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Having Passed the Quarter-Century Milestone
・Long-Term Impacts of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act in Japan
・Equal Employment Opportunity Act and Work-Life Balance: Do Work-Family Balance
Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality?
・Changes in Human Resource Management of Women after the 1985 Equal Employment
Opportunity Act
・An International Comparison of Gender Equality: Why Is the Japanese Gender Gap
So Persistent?
▽Article Based on Research Report
・Estimation of Input-Output Tables and Simulations of Employment Inducement
Focusing on Small Regions: Case of Kumamoto Prefecture
▽JILPT Research Activities
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◆ Databook of International Labour Statistics 2013
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JILPT Databook of International Labour Statistics 2013 is the 17th edition of a comprehensive statistical annual from a variety of sources in different countries. The databook 2013 contains 142 tables corresponding to nine major substantive chapters.
【Contents】
1) Economy and Business
2) Population and Labour Force
3) Employment Structure
4) Unemployment, Unemployment Insurance and Employment Adjustment
5) Wages and Labour Costs
6) Hours of Work and Working-time Arrangements
7) Trade Union, Industrial Relations and Occupational Accidents
8) Education and Human Resources Development
9) Worklife and Welfare
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◆ Statistics
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◇Recent Statistical Survey Reports, March 2013
http://www.jhrs.org/jilpt
◇Main Labor Economic Indicators, March 2013
http://www.jhrs.org/jilpt
◆ Publications
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◇Japanese Working Life Profile 2012/2013 - Labor Statistics
http://www.jhrs.org/jilpt
◇Labor Situation in Japan and Its Analysis: Detailed Exposition 2012/2013
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