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Utilization of labor resources in Japan and the United States
Toshihiko YamagamiOn the basis of U.S. definitions, Japan’s 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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