CIRJE-J-73 『戦時日本の労働組織:産業報国会の役割』
"Labor Organization in Wartime Japan: Rethinking the Role of Sangyo Hokokukai"
Author Name 岡崎哲二(Tetsuji Okazaki)
Date May 2002
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Remarks 岡崎哲二編『生産組織の経済史』東京大学出版会, 所収。
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While we have rich literature on sangyo hokokukai (sanpo), which was organization of workers established at many companies during the Second World War, few research have been done, examining the role of sanpo quantitatively. In this paper, I propose a hypothesis that sanpo was a mechanism of "voice" in the sense of Freeman and Medoff[1984], and test this hypothesis using labor dispute data by prefecture and productivity data by firm. The results of regression analyses support the hypothesis. Also, referring to the framework of transaction cost economics, I propose a hypothesis that sanpo was complementary with the policy restricting inter-firm labor movement and the policy obliging companies to train workers, and provide with some evidences supporting the hypothesis.