Kambayashi, Ryo; Kawaguchi, Daiji; Yamada, Ken - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
The statutory minimum wage has steadily increased for decades in Japan, while the median wage has fallen nominally … minimum wage has affected the wage distribution under unusual circumstances of deflation. The compression of the lower tail of … effective minimum wage reduced employment among low-skilled, middle-aged female workers, but the mechanical effect associated …