Male-female wage differentials in Japan

Koyo Miyoshi

Japan and the World Economy, 2008, vol. 20, issue 4, pages 479-496

Abstract: This paper empirically analyzes the gender wage gap in Japan using a new data set KHPS2004 which contains a wealth of information on the work history of individuals. KHPS2004 enables us to estimate wage functions without overstating individual's human capital accumulation by work experience especially for females. Neuman-Oaxaca decomposition method is employed to analyze why the gender wage gap appears to exist in Japan. Main reasons as follows. First, full-time work experience and seniority which affect significantly wages is shorter for females than for males. Second, there are significant differences in evaluation of full-time experience between males and females.

Keywords: Gender; wage; gap; Non-nested; test (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008

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