Materials

Collection of materials and outputs from studies in which JILPT researchers are involved.

Book

June 10, 2025

KAYANO Jun, and Hanae NISHIGAKI. 2025. Shitsugyo no shinrigaku: Shitsugyo kara saishushoku e no hashiwatashi [The Psychology of Unemployment: Transitioning from Job Loss to Re-Employment]. Tokyo: JILPT.

September 5, 2024

IKEDA Shingou (JILPT) contributed as a Japanese expert to Chapter 8 of the book titled "Combining Work and Care - Carer Leave and Related Employment Policies in International Context", Policy Press, 2024.

Presentation

September 15, 2026

TAKAHASHI Koji (JILPT) and members of JILPT’s “Diversified Types of Employment” research project organized and participated in a special session titled “Beyond Employment Polarization?: Intermediate Employment Categories and Transitions from Non-regular to Regular Status in Japan” at the 11th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) Asian Regional Congress, held in Tokyo on September 4, 2026.

January 3, 2026

TAKAHASHI Koji (JILPT) presented “Do Growing Companies Pay Higher Wages? An Empirical Analysis Using Employer-Employee Matched Data in Japan” (PDF: 326KB) at the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA), ASSA 2026 Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, U.S., January 3, 2026).

August 1, 2025

TAKAHASHI Koji (JILPT) presented “Changes in the Generative Process of Wage Gaps: An Analysis of Employer–Employee Matched Data in Japan” at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology (Rabat, Morocco, July 6-11, 2025).

May 1, 2025

TAKAHASHI Koji (JILPT) presented “New Forms of Employment in Japan: Classifications and Statistics” (PDF:1.6MB) at the International Seminar on Labour and Social Security in the Digital Age, ILO Beijing Office in collaboration with Sichuan University (online, April 25, 2025).

October 15, 2024

TAKAHASHI Koji (JILPT) presented “Changes and Continuity in Non-Regular Employment in Japan” at the 2024 EASP / FISS Joint Conference (Kyoto, Japan, July 13-14, 2024).

Working Paper