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April 2002

Utilization of labor resources in Japan and the United States

Toshihiko Yamagami

On the basis of U.S. definitions, Japan unemployment rate surpassed the U.S. rate for the first time in 2000; expanded measures show a much greater gap between the two countries underutilization rates.

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