| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Focusing on the desirable work life balance (WLB) from the viewpoints of both firms and workers, this research project mainly carried out three studies, 1) Cost-effectiveness of firms WLB practices, 2) Gap between desirable and actual work hours of firms and workers, 3) Employment flexibility and the WLB of non-regular employees. Specifically, the following findings were obtained: WLB practices could improve firm's productivity depending on firm's characteristics; Some of the long work hours of Japanese employees are based on firm's rational behavior, but some should be regarded as inefficient; Non-regular employees may have found it difficult to achieve their WLB; and the structure of volunteer labor supply may have been changed just after the East Japan Earthquake.
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