Job Centers: Are Finders Keepers? A Note from Japan

"Do job centers help unemployed people to find and keep jobs? Using the results of a unique survey by the Japanese government, this note examines the employment success of job center clients. Success in finding and keeping jobs varies systematically across distinct subgroups. Moreover, job center clients were not particularly successful in finding work that fit their qualifications." (JEL J60, J68, J40) Copyright (c) 2009 Western Economic Association International.

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	Fuess, Jr., Scott M Chair, Department of Economics Expertise: International - Asia International - Europe Labor Economics (wages, employment, working conditions, unions) Economics CBA 370 P.O. Box 880489 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0489, USA Phone: (402) 472-0336 or (402) 472-6281 Fax: (402) 472-9700 sfuess1@unl.edu	Fuess, Jr., Scott M	Economics