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Labor Market Institutions and Job Mobility in A sian Societies: A Comparative Study of J apan and T aiwan
Author(s) -
Kanbayashi Hiroshi,
Takenoshita Hirohisa
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of japanese sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.133
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1475-6781
pISSN - 0918-7545
DOI - 10.1111/ijjs.12027
Subject(s) - turnover , demographic economics , affect (linguistics) , labor mobility , political science , psychology , labour economics , economics , management , communication
In this article we focus on job mobility patterns in J apan and T aiwan, exploring how local institutional settings are linked to patterns of job mobility. Previous studies have distinguished between involuntary and voluntary job mobility. However, more diverse patterns of job mobility may also exist, which are not captured by this dichotomy. In this study we used representative national survey data from J apan and T aiwan and analyzed five types of job turnover: involuntary, positive voluntary, negative voluntary, family related and other. Using event history models we found significant differences between the two societies. First, the effect of higher education on voluntary job mobility was weaker in J apan than in T aiwan. Second, the effect of organizational size on voluntary job mobility was stronger in J apan than in T aiwan. Third, these tendencies were more significant for men than for women. These results suggest that the local institutional filters affect the turnover process.