employment system is permanent employment for workers. Japanese

corporations responses to recessionary periods provide an opportunity

to sort out the myths from the realities of the Japanese permanent

During recessions Japanese companies forced to reduce their

costs achieve reductions in several ways. First, they reduce the

number of women and temporary workers they employ. During the

recession that followed the 1973 oil shocks female employment dropped

by eleven percent; more then five times the drop in male employment.

It was easy to reduce female employment because women even if they

hold permanent positions are thought of as

and disadvantages of their employment system. Some of the benefits are

early retirement to senior workers at the company. Many of these

workers. The second way Japanese companies reduce costs is by giving

custom in Japan for retires. Getting rid of senior workers is one the

subsidiaries, and reducing profit margins to levels that many American

permanent employment system serves them well. These workers come to

subcontractors, transferring workers internally with in the company to

female, temporary, and elderly workers wind up loosing their jobs.

system even during recessions. Most young male workers once entering a

they belong to. But, female, temporary, and senior workers wind up

company stay with it for their entire life and for them

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