高度経済成長期の石炭産業調整政策 : 生産維持と雇用調整を中心に

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The Japanese coal-mining industry underwent adjustments around 1958 when a full-scale energy revolution started to take place. The coal policies, which had great influence on the adjustment process, affected production and employment differently. On the one hand, coal production was maintained at an output level of 55 million tons per year until 1966. This output level was considered a form of 'social insurance' to ensure energy security. On the other hand, the number of employees in the coal-mining industry decreased by 58 percent between 1959 and 1965. This drastic step was imperative: to overcome the problem of high coal prices, productivity of the coal industry needed to increase rapidly. While the adjustment in employment practices contributed positively toward the shift in labor from a declining industry to growing industries, it also resulted in such negative consequences as unemployment of miners and the decline of mining districts.
社会経済史学会の論文
2006-07-25