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

• Autore: Aoyagi Chie
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (21 pages) : color illustrations
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Japan
• Altri autori: GanelliGiovanni TawkNour
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Minimum Wage as a Wage Policy Tool in Japan
• ISBN: 1-4755-5725-6; 1-4755-5844-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155202303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; ; No. 2016/232