The Changing and Unchanged Nature of Inequality and Seniority in Japan

Wage inequality declined in the 1990s, while it increased in the 2000s for full-time male workers in Japan. We find that a decreased return to firm-specific human capital, which has been neglected in previous empirical analyses of inequality, is a key factor preventing a rise in wage inequality duri...

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Main Authors: YAMADA, Ken, KAWAGUCHI, Daiji
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1641
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2640/viewcontent/Nature_Inequality_Seniority_Japan_av.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English