In the international debate surrounding transitions from school to employment, Japan and Germany are regularly cited as examples of success. This article draws on the Japanese concepts represented by two problematic groups--freeters and NEETs--to demonstrate that over recent years, young people in both countries have also been facing serious…

Reindustrialization problems in the United States (U.S.) include unemployment, low productivity, inflation, and inadequate economic growth. To determine how to improve economic performance, a careful, rational evaluation must be made of such factors as tax policy, spirit of risk, managerial effectiveness, rates of innovation, research and…

A Bureau of Labor Statistics analysis of Japan's labor force data concludes that Japanese unemployment rates are only slightly understated relative to U.S. concepts. Differences in institutions, attitudes, and economic and social structures account for much of the low unemployment rate in Japan. (SK)

Comparison of seven indicators (long-term unemployment, job losers, adult unemployment, full-time unemployment, conventional unemployment, part-time work for economic reasons, and discouraged workers) in North America, Europe, and Japan show that Sweden and Japan have the largest unemployment increase. Long-term joblessness prevailed in Europe;…

Focuses on labor problems in Japan, including job-hopping, labor shortages, small businesses, working women, unemployment, white collar workers, and conflict between male and female employees. (SK)

This bulletin examines the labor market experience of youth in the United States and eight other industrial countries from the early 1960s to the late 1970s. The analysis focuses upon unemployment, the most visible and measurable form of labor underutilization. The report highlights the size of the youth unemployment problem and discusses some of…

Many work-bound youths have poor work habits and poor basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Many work-bound youths, especially minorities and females, spend their first years after school unemployed or job hopping, with consequent loss of training and productivity. These problems are becoming more serious because minorities and…

This document contains the following seven papers, all in both English and Korean, from a conference on human resources development and school-to-work transitions in the knowledge-based society: "The U.S. Experience as a Knowledge-based Economy in Transition and Its Impact on Industrial and Employment Structures" (Eric Im); "Changes…