Wage inequality fell in the 1990s and rose after 2000 among male workers in Japan. Nar-rowing wage inequality during the 1990s can be accounted for by a fall in between-group inequality resulting from a stable return to education and decreased returns to experience and tenure. Widening wage inequality after 2000 can be accounted for by a rise in within-group inequality resulting from changes in the returns to human capital as well as a relative increas
We investigate regional patterns in employment of less-educated men in Japan from 1990 to 2007. The ...
In this paper, using an overlapping generations model with heterogeneous house-holds, we investigate...
We investigate regional patterns in employment of less-educated men in Japan from 1990 to 2007. The ...
September 2012Wage inequality declined in the 1990s and rose after 2000 among full-time male workers...
Wage inequality between individuals has changed little in Japan in recent times unlike in other deve...
Diverging economic inequality has become a common focus of economic debate in developed countries. I...
The gender wage gap is very large in Japan. However, the gap is declining steadily. For example, the...
From about 1980 onwards, there was a tremendous growth in the ageing population and the labour force...
Despite changes in the economic and social environment following the burst of the bubble economy in ...
Social inequality is a central issue of modernity in the intersection between the idea of a market e...
Co-operation and Development squarely discussed the growing income inequality in Japan, and this has...
Using a novel dataset compiled from Japanese health insurance societies covering about 1,500 firms a...
This paper explores the development of inequalities in income, consumption, and wealth among Japanes...
We take a fresh analytical look at the developments in the Japanese labour market over the last two ...
This paper empirically analyzes the gender wage gap in Japan using a new data set KHPS2004 which con...
We investigate regional patterns in employment of less-educated men in Japan from 1990 to 2007. The ...
In this paper, using an overlapping generations model with heterogeneous house-holds, we investigate...
We investigate regional patterns in employment of less-educated men in Japan from 1990 to 2007. The ...
September 2012Wage inequality declined in the 1990s and rose after 2000 among full-time male workers...
Wage inequality between individuals has changed little in Japan in recent times unlike in other deve...
Diverging economic inequality has become a common focus of economic debate in developed countries. I...
The gender wage gap is very large in Japan. However, the gap is declining steadily. For example, the...
From about 1980 onwards, there was a tremendous growth in the ageing population and the labour force...
Despite changes in the economic and social environment following the burst of the bubble economy in ...
Social inequality is a central issue of modernity in the intersection between the idea of a market e...
Co-operation and Development squarely discussed the growing income inequality in Japan, and this has...
Using a novel dataset compiled from Japanese health insurance societies covering about 1,500 firms a...
This paper explores the development of inequalities in income, consumption, and wealth among Japanes...
We take a fresh analytical look at the developments in the Japanese labour market over the last two ...
This paper empirically analyzes the gender wage gap in Japan using a new data set KHPS2004 which con...
We investigate regional patterns in employment of less-educated men in Japan from 1990 to 2007. The ...
In this paper, using an overlapping generations model with heterogeneous house-holds, we investigate...
We investigate regional patterns in employment of less-educated men in Japan from 1990 to 2007. The ...