Human Resource Management in Ageing Societies: Perspectives from Japan and Germany Book

List of Figures

List of Tables

1 Demographic Challenges for Human Resource Management Practices and Labour Market Policies in Japan and Germany - an Overview Harold Conrad Conrad, Harold Viktoria Heindorf Heindorf, Viktoria Franz Waldenberger Waldenberger, Franz 1

2 Ageing Workforces and Challenges to Human Resource Management in German Firms Uschi Backes-Gellner Backes-Gellner, Uschi Stephan Veen Veen, Stephan 13

3 Pensions and Labour Market Reforms for the Ageing Society Atsushi Seike Seike, Atsushi 29

4 Effects of Institutions on Human Capital Investment: A Comparison of Policies in Japan, Germany and the USA Birgitta Wolff Wolff, Birgitta Marjaana Gunkel Gunkel, Marjaana Sebastian Wenzke Wenzke, Sebastian 43

5 Labour, Income and Poverty among Elderly Japanese Isao Ohashi Ohashi, Isao 61

6 The Employment of Older Workers in Japanese Firms: Empirical Evidence from Micro Data Yoshio Higuchi Higuchi, Yoshio Isamu Yamamoto Yamamoto, Isamu 99

7 Effects of Support Measures on Employment of Elderly People in Japan Jiro Nakamura Nakamura, Jiro 125

8 Ergonomic Design and Intervention Strategies in Health Promotion for Ageing Workforces Holger Luczak Luczak, Holger Marie-Christine Stemann Stemann, Marie-Christine 144

9 The Performance-based Salary System and Personnel Management Reforms in Japan Keisuke Nakamura Nakamura, Keisuke 157

10 Paradigm Changes in Labour Market Policies for Older Workers in Germany - Background Factors and Recent Developments Gerhard Naegele Naegele, Gerhard 175

11 Towards 'Ageless' Employmet Policies - a Union's Experience of the Extension of the Mandatory Retirement Age Nobuyuki Shintani Shintani, Nobuyuki 187

Index 203