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Theoretical and empirical studies toward strategic safety net in labor markets with uncer tainty.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13630016
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 経済理論
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

AKABAYASHI Hideo  Keio University, Faculty of Economics, Associate Professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (90296731)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) GREVE Henrich r.  University of Tsukuba, Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences, Associate Professor, 社会工学系, 助教授 (60280905)
FUJIWARA-GREVE Takako  Keio University, Faculty of Economics, Associate Professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (10219040)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2002
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2002)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
KeywordsLabor / Game Theory / Information / Incomplete Market / Strategic Behavior / Micro data / Turnover
Research Abstract

The aim of this research is to reconsider basic mechanism of labor markets such as labor supply, job search, and labor migration, in the light of economic theory with incomplete markets, and to suggest labor market policies that take into account strategic behavior of players in the markets.
First, using U.S.and Japanese data, we investigated into the determinants of labor turnover. Preliminary analyses suggest that not only wage but also work conditions and firm size influence the decision to turnover. Based on those results we wrote a paper titled "Job Search and Firm Size Effect in Japan" (by Akabayashi, Fujiwara-Greve and Greve), in which we show that worker's education, hours of labor, and firm size independently affect the probability to turnover using a simple nonlinear regression analysis. That workers in a large firm tend not to turnover is consistent with our theoretical predictions that the firm's reputation that there are few turnovers generates trust on the side of workers, … More which tends to make the firm size large in equilibrium. We suggest that policies that promote the circulation of information on labor turnover would benefit both workers and firms. Fujiwara-Greve wrote a theoretical paper that treats each worker as a player in a repeated game with endogenous reputation effects.
To investigate the role of family strategy to cope with imperfect insurance markets, Akabayashi investigated into the determinants of destination chosen by black migrant workers in South Africa. 5-year cross-section of household data are analysed based on a model that treats temporary migration of family members as an optimal portfolio decision. The results are summarized in "Dekasegi Rodo no Keizaigaku - Minami Afurika no Jirei" (by Akabayashi) and in "Apartheid and the Motivation of Migrant Workers" (by Akabayashi and Suga ; unpublished). We found that under imperfect insurance markets, the destinations of migrant workers are chosen in accordance with the risk-diversification of total family income. Furthermore, the end of Apartheid in 1994 might have modified the motivations of migrant workers, and suggest that income stabilization is the most important policy for black households who have to rely on temporary migration even after the liberalization. Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 2002 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

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All Publications (13 results)

  • [Publications] 赤林 英夫: "出稼ぎ労働の経済学-南アフリカ共和国の事例"平野克己編「アフリカ経済学宣言」日本貿易振興会アジア経済研究所 研究双書. 529. 297-326 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takako Fujiwara-Greve: "On Voluntary and Repeatable Partnerships under No Information Flow"Proceedings of the 2002 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society,2002. (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takako Fujiwara-Greve, Henrich R.Greve: "Job Search with Organizational Size as a Signal"Social Forces. Forcecoming(印刷中). (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takako Fujiwara-Greve, Henrich R.Greve: "The Role of Expectation in Job Search and Firm Size Effect on Wages"Japanese Economic Review. Forcecomeng(印刷中). (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takako Fujiwara-Greve: "On Voluntary and Repeatable Partnerships under No Information Flow"Proceedings of the 2002 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society. (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takako Fujiwara-Greve and Henrich R.Greve: "The Role of Expectation in Job Search and Firm Size Effect on Wages"Forthcoming in Japanese Economic Review. (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Henrich R.Greve and Takako Fujiwara-Greve: "Job Search with Organizational Size as a Signal"Forthcoming in Social Forces. (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hideo Akabayashi, Katsumi Hirano (ed.): "Dekasegi Rodo no Keizaigaku - Minami Afurika no Jirei (The economics of migrant workers - a case of South Africa), Afurika Keizaigaku Sengen (Toward African Economics)"IDE-JETRO. (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 赤林 英夫: "出稼ぎ労働の経済学-南アフリカ共和国の事例"平野克己編「アフリカ経済学宣言」日本貿易振興会アジア経済研究所研究双書. 529. 297-326 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Takako Fujiwara-Greve: "On Voluntary and Repeatable Partnerships under No Information Flow"Proceedings of the 2002 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, 2002. (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Greve, Henrich R: "Sticky Aspirations : Organizational Time Perspective and Competitiveness"Organization Science. 13(1). 1-17 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Greve, Henrich R., Joel A.C.Baum: "A Multi-Unit, Multi-Market World"Multiunit Organizations and Multiunit Strategy : Advances in Strategic Management. 18. 1-28 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 赤林 英夫: "労働移動研究とアフリカ:サーベイと展望"平野克己編アフリカ経済論の新展開中間報告書 日本貿易振興会アジア経済研究所. (2002)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report

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