Severance Payment and Labor Mobility

Editors Tatsuo Hatta is president and economics professor of the Asian Growth Research Institute. He has also held the positions of assistant professor at the Ohio State University, and professor at Johns Hopkins University, Osaka University, and The University of Tokyo. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the president of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. He was president of the Japanese Economic Association in 2003 and 2004, and he is currently a member of the Council of National Strategic Special Zones of the Cabinet Secretariat of the Japanese Government. He received a B.A. in economics from International Christian University, Tokyo in 1965 and a Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University in 1973. His academic contributions have appeared in such journals as the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies, Econometrica, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. His recent research fields include deregulation of electricity systems, dismissal regulations, and postwar Japanese economic history.  Shinya Ouchi is a professor of law in the Faculty of Law and Graduate School of Law, Kobe University, Japan. He served as associate professor between 1996 and 2001 and since 2001 has served as full professor. He obtained an LL.B from The University of Tokyo Faculty of Law and an LL.M and Ph.D. from The University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics. His field of research and specialization is labor law and employment policy. His recent research focuses include the impacts of digitalization, robotics, and artificial intelligence on the labor market. Professor Ouchi’s co-edited works include Labour Law in Motion: Diversification of the Labour Force and Terms and Conditions of Employment (Roger Blanpain and Takashi Araki, co-editors;  Kluwer 2004); Decentralizing Industrial Relations and the Role of Labor Unions and Employee Representatives (Roger Blanpain and Takashi Araki, co-editors; Kluwer 2007); and Reconsidering unfair dismissal in Japan: Design of the monetary compensation system (Daiji Kawaguchi, co-editor; Yuhikaku, Tokyo, 2018).

Part I　Dismissal Regulations in Japan.- 1 Why should the monetary compensation system be introduced in Japanese dismissal regulation? (Shinya Ouchi).- 2 Dismissal Compensation and Labor Mobility in Japan (Naohiro Yashiro).- Part II　Dismissal Regulations in Taiwan.- 3 A Brief Introduction to Employment Termination and Severance Pay Systems in Taiwan – A Reference Model for Japan’s Reform of Labor Mobility(Howard Shiu and Irving Chien).-  4 Severance Payment System in Taiwan: A Historical Perspective (Chyi-Herng Chang).- Part III　Comparison of Dismissal Regulations.- 5 Law Review and Comparison of Dismissal Regulations (Yu-Chun Li).- 6 Introducing Severance Payment Systems in Japan——A Proposal for Vacancy Decontrol (Tatsuo Hatta).- Index.