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Differences in Wage-Determination Systems between Regular and Non-Regular Employment in a Kaleckian Model

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  • Ryunosuke Sonoda
  • Hiroaki Sasaki

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In this study, we build a Kaleckian model incorporating institutional differences between the wage determination of regular employment and that of non-regular employment. Using this model, we investigate how an employment shift toward regular workers affects the capacity utilization rate and income distribution. Our results show that while such shift in employment decreases the capacity utilization rate and increases the wage share of regular workers, it either increases or decreases the wage share of non-regular workers. An increase in the flexibility of the labor market, as seen in an employment shift toward non-regular workers, increases the amplitude of business cycles. However, the introduction of a minimum wage fornon-regular workers stabilizes the economy.

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  • Ryunosuke Sonoda & Hiroaki Sasaki, 2015. "Differences in Wage-Determination Systems between Regular and Non-Regular Employment in a Kaleckian Model," Discussion papers e-14-018, Graduate School of Economics Project Center, Kyoto University.
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    Keywords

    wage gap; regular and non-regular employment; demand-led growth model;

    JEL classification:

    • E12 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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