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Labour Crunch, Foreign Workers and Policy Responses: The Experience of Japan 1
Author(s) -
Mahmood Raisul Awal
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2435.1996.tb00181.x
Subject(s) - crunch , economic shortage , government (linguistics) , labour economics , economics , political science , development economics , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , physical therapy
"Japan has experienced labour shortages since the late 1960s....The present study is an attempt to analyse the Japanese government's response to circumvent labour shortages. It focuses on two aspects: perception of Japanese society towards the increasing presence of foreign workers in Japan and associated problems; and measures taken by the government to overcome labour crunch. These aspects are examined within the [framework of an] increasing flow of foreigners to Japan during the past decades." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)