The Relationship between the Employment of Foreign White-collar Employees in Japanese Companies in Japan and Socio-economic Environment

Abstract

This paper aims to clarify the main determinant factors for the development in the employment of foreign white-collar employees in Japanese companies. The factors that are considered in the discussion below are the following: the labor-supply and the changes in law regulations and managerial conditions in specific companies which are hiring them. The analysis is based on the empirical data which has been gathered by a mail survey on 4400 companies in Japan, as well as official data from governmental reports. The empirical data was analyzed according to company size, and the kinds of jobs in which the foreigners were actually engaging.