The impact of (un)conventional expansionary monetary policy on income inequality – lessons from Japan

Karl-Friedrich Israel and Sophia Latsos

Applied Economics, 2020, vol. 52, issue 40, 4403-4420

Abstract: This paper analyzes the impact of conventional and unconventional monetary policy on income inequality in Japan, using hitherto unexplored data from the Japan Household Panel Survey. Empirical evidence shows that expansionary monetary policy in Japan has contributed to diminishing the gender pay gap through an increase in working time of women relative to men, but also to increasing the education pay gap. These effects may have materialized via the aggregate demand channel and the labour productivity channel. In contrast, expansionary monetary policy has had no significant impact on the development of the age pay gap.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2020.1735620

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