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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155202303321

Autore

Aoyagi Chie

Titolo

Minimum Wage as a Wage Policy Tool in Japan / / Chie Aoyagi, Giovanni Ganelli, Nour Tawk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016

ISBN

1-4755-5725-6

1-4755-5844-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (21 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

GanelliGiovanni

TawkNour

Soggetti

Minimum wage - Japan

Labor

Macroeconomics

Wage Level and Structure

Wage Differentials

Compensation Packages

Payment Methods

Incomes Policy

Price Policy

Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General

Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy

Labor Economics: General

Labour

income economics

Minimum wages

Wage adjustments

Wages

Real wages

Minimum wage

Labor economics

Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Using prefectural data, we study the potential impact on wage dynamics of the planned minimum wage increase policy in Japan. Our main result is that stepping up minimum wage growth from 2 to the planned 3 percent per year could raise wage growth by 0.5 percent annually. Given Japan’s need for income policies to generate vigorous wage-price dynanics, reflecting the 2 percent inflation target, one policy implication of this finding is that, while the minimum wage plan will help boost wages, it should be accompanied by other, more “unorthodox” income policies, such as a “soft target” for private sector wage growth through a “comply -or-explain mechanism” for wage growth and increases in public wages in line with the inflation target.