Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Japanese

White Paper on the Labour Economy 2003

Summary



Economic and Social Change and
Diversification of Working Styles




Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare


Contents


Part I  Trends and Features of the Labour Economy in 2002

Chapter 1  Employment and Unemployment Trends
Chapter 2  Wages and Working Hour Trends
Chapter 3  Prices and Worker's Household Expenditure Trends

Part II  Economic and Social Change and Diversification of Working Styles

Chapter 1  Economic and Employment Trends and Diversification of Working Styles
Section 1 Overview of Medium- to Long-Term Economic and Employment Trends
Section 2 Business and Household Behavior under Deflationary Economy
Section 3 Trends in the Regional Labour Economy

Chapter 2  Changes in Corporate and Workers' Behavior, and Diversification of Working Styles
Section 1 Changes in Corporate Employment Policies and Workers' Behavior, and Diversification of Employment Types
Section 2 Trends in Diversification of Employment Types
Section 3 Trends in Wage Systems
Section 4 Trends in Human Resources Management Systems
Section 5 Trends in Working Hours
Section 6 Trends in Human Resources Development

Chapter 3  Conclusions
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