Regional patterns of employment changes of less-educated men in Japan : 1990–2007
Abstract
We investigate regional patterns in employment of less-educated men in Japan from 1990 to 2007. The employment–population ratio of junior high school graduate men (9 years of compulsory schooling) decreased from 1990 to 2007. Wage growth across regions had a unique pattern during this period: it was high in the low-wage regions in the 1990s but high in the high-wage regions in the 2000s. We use these regional variations in wage growth to identify the labor supply elasticity of less-educated men. The estimated elasticity of the employment-to-population ratio of junior high school graduate men is around 0.15.
Journal
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- Japan and the World Economy
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Japan and the World Economy 22 (2), 69-79, 2010-03
Elsevier
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Details
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- CRID
- 1050001202673751552
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- NII Article ID
- 120005429612
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- HANDLE
- 2115/55717
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- ISSN
- 09221425
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Article Type
- journal article
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- Data Source
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- IRDB
- CiNii Articles
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