Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- 1 Setting the scene -- 2 Labour market concepts -- 3 Industrial relations -- 4 Labour costs -- 5 The bonus system -- 6 Recruitment, training, promotion and retirement -- 7 Employment, productivity and costs over the business cycle -- 8 Small businesses, subcontracting and employment -- 9 Schooling and earnings -- 10 Work and pay in Japan and elsewhere -- References -- Index.