Crucial Decisions By Small Towns and Villages: Why Did Some Municipalities Choose to Merge But Others Did Not During the Nationwide Wave of Municipal Mergers in Japan?

This article focuses on the nationwide wave of municipal consolidations in Japan that took place from 2003 to 2006 and examines why some municipalities merged but others did not. The central government did not legally force consolidations but instead provided municipalities with fiscal incentives. I argue that small municipalities were reluctant to merge because they would lose generous transfers from the central government as well as decision-making powers once they unified with their larger neighbors. Fiscal incentives by the central government significantly raised the cost of remaining intact and induced a large number of fiscally weak municipalities to merge.     

我国劳务派遣之法律规制——以日本劳务派遣法为视角

近几年我国劳务派遣行业发展迅速,劳务派遣用工人数逐年递增,因派遣引起的各类劳动纠纷呈井喷之势,我国劳务派遣市场亟须治理。日本劳务派遣业经历日本经济由高到低的转变,经受多次市场巨变后,已形成一套完善且稳定的劳务派遣法律制度。学习日本劳务派遣相关制度,为规制我国劳务派遣行业传经送宝。