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Are Part-time Employees Underpaid or Overpaid? Evidence on productivity-wage gaps in Japan (Japanese)

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  • MORIKAWA Masayuki

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This study presents empirical findings on productivity-wage gaps of Japanese employees. To be more specific, we estimate production and wage functions to uncover whether part-timers, females, and employees who are university graduates are underpaid or overpaid relative to their productivity. The results indicate that wage levels of part-time and female employees are balanced with their contribution to firm productivity. Since the estimation results indicate the mean value, overpaid and underpaid employees may co-exist at the micro level. However, the parity between mean productivity and wages suggests that firms do not discriminate against specific types of employees and set wages efficiently under market competition. In order to narrow the overall inequality in wages, investments in human capital to enhance the productivity of the lower end of the productivity distribution is essential.

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  • MORIKAWA Masayuki, 2017. "Are Part-time Employees Underpaid or Overpaid? Evidence on productivity-wage gaps in Japan (Japanese)," Discussion Papers (Japanese) 17008, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
    • Handle: RePEc:eti:rdpsjp:17008
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    1. Morikawa, Masayuki, 2021. "Employer-provided training and productivity: Evidence from a panel of Japanese Firms," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 61(C).

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