Determinants of Understanding of Labor Laws: Evidence from Japanese University Students

IF 1.5 Q3 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-29 DOI:10.1007/s10672-023-09467-0

Tomotaka Hirao

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Abstract This study investigates Japanese university students’ knowledge of labor laws using test theory and analyzes the determinants of understanding of labor laws. The college enrollment rate in recent years in Japan is over 50% of secondary education graduates, and as a result, college graduates are no longer considered elite employees. Rather, almost all graduates are merely ordinary workers. For that reason, students need to learn about their employment rights before obtaining initial employment to protect themselves and their future careers. However, there are few studies regarding Japanese university students’ knowledge of labor laws. This study, therefore, investigates their labor laws knowledge based on latent rank theory and analyzes the determinants by econometric analysis. Empirical results show that the average of correctly answered questions regarding Japanese labor laws is about 50%. I can view this record as not being positive because subjects start their job-hunting process with less than an ideal amount of legal knowledge. This research also confirms that there are positive correlations between some independent variables (for example, field of study, the number of credits regarding career education, experience with exploitive labor, and the number of friends who are older than a given subject) and the rank of labor law knowledge. This implies that education and experience regarding career development while enrolled in university correlates with better understanding of labor laws.

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劳动法理解的决定因素:来自日本大学生的证据

摘要本研究运用测验理论对日本大学生的劳动法知识进行调查，分析影响大学生劳动法知识的因素。近年来，日本的大学入学率超过了中等教育毕业生的50%，因此，大学毕业生不再被视为精英员工。相反，几乎所有的毕业生都只是普通的工人。因此，学生需要在获得初始就业之前了解自己的就业权利，以保护自己和未来的职业生涯。然而，关于日本大学生劳动法知识的研究却很少。因此，本研究以潜在等级理论为基础，调查其劳工法律知识，并以计量分析方法分析其影响因素。实证结果显示，日本劳动法相关问题的平均答对率约为50%。我可以把这个记录看作是不积极的，因为这些人在开始找工作的过程中，没有达到理想的法律知识水平。该研究还证实了一些自变量(例如，学习领域、职业教育学分数量、受剥削劳动经验、比某一学科年长的朋友数量)与劳动法知识等级之间存在正相关关系。这意味着，在大学就读期间，有关职业发展的教育和经历与更好地理解劳动法有关。

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Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-

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期刊介绍： Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal fosters development of the field of employee relations by presenting high-quality, peer-reviewed original research articles and by linking practitioner concerns involving the employment relationship with academic rigor. The journal is interdisciplinary in focus, drawing from a broad range of disciplines including ethics, organizational behavior, law, economics, sociology, social psychology, industrial and employment relations, administrative and organizational studies, and philosophy to further the understanding of both employee responsibilities and rights. The journal offers an international forum for the publication of scholarly peer-reviewed original research including qualitative and quantitative empirical studies, case studies, critical commentaries, and conceptual and dialectic presentations. In addition, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal publishes a Perspectives Section that showcases important contributions in formats other than the traditional research article. Such contributions include symposia/roundtable discussions, commentaries, review essays, interviews, and book reviews.