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Table 1 The results of placement work from 1950 to 1970

From: Organizing rural-urban migration of young workers: roles of labor market institutions in postwar Japan

Year

No. of job applicants

No. of job offers

No. of those employed

Ratio of job offers per applicant

Ratio of new graduates employed per job

Ration fo filled vacancies

Ratio of job placement 1a

Ratio of job placement 2b

(A: persons)

(B: persons)

(C: persons)

(B/A: times)

(C/A: %)

(C/B: %)

(%)

(%)

1950

337,005

193,600

152,347

0.6

45%

79%

16%

55%

1951

398,136

323,686

256,071

0.8

64%

79%

25%

68%

1952

415,158

386,569

254,679

0.9

61%

66%

27%

62%

1953

385,161

408,736

271,319

1.1

70%

66%

28%

58%

1954

353,165

427,472

265,132

1.2

75%

62%

33%

65%

1955

389,643

426,863

293,518

1.1

75%

69%

34%

62%

1956

517,419

509,634

375,458

1.0

73%

74%

39%

64%

1957

575,579

680,617

442,100

1.2

77%

65%

43%

65%

1958

547,971

668,015

405,848

1.2

74%

61%

44%

65%

1959

555,853

668,301

424,402

1.2

76%

64%

45%

65%

1960

488,124

949,231

414,852

1.9

85%

44%

52%

70%

1961

388,521

1,060,035

332,647

2.7

86%

31%

58%

74%

1962

478,531

1,399,070

414,013

2.9

87%

30%

53%

70%

1963

532,328

1,395,682

459,048

2.6

86%

33%

51%

67%

1964

478,148

1,713,809

432,815

3.6

91%

25%

53%

68%

1965

448,119

1,668,473

412,935

3.7

92%

25%

54%

71%

1966

360,886

1,032,816

328,093

2.9

91%

32%

50%

69%

1967

315,624

1,088,201

290,412

3.4

92%

27%

52%

70%

1968

281,184

1,233,084

259,305

4.4

92%

21%

53%

72%

1969

245,743

1,178,502

227,501

4.8

93%

19%

54%

75%

1970

198,678

1,143,505

196,934

5.8

99%

17%

55%

77%

  1. Notes: a ratio of job placement 1 = column (C) / total number of new graduates but those who proceeded to higher education
  2. b ratio of job placement 2 = column (C) / total number of new graduates employed in the secondary and the tertiary sector
  3. Sources: Rōdōshō, Rōdō Shijō Nenpō (yearbook on Japanese labor market), each year: Monbushō, Gakkō Kihon Chōsa (basic survey on schools), each year