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Wage Differentials: An International Comparison

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Toshiaki Tachibanaki

    1. Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Japan

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-x
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  2. Introduction to Wage Differentials: An International Comparison

    • Toshiaki Tachibanaki
    Pages 1-34

  3. Japan: Wage Differentials and Changes since the 1980s

    • Yuji Genda
    Pages 35-71

  4. Korea: Wage Determination and Labour Turnover

    • Yuji Genda, Seung-Yeol Yee
    Pages 72-107

  5. The United States

    • Fumio Ohtake
    Pages 108-144

  6. Canada: Canadian Wage Differentials with Special Attention to Its Occupational Age-Wage Profile

    • Yoshi-fumi Nakata
    Pages 145-172

  7. Australia: Wage Differentials

    • Terukazu Suruga
    Pages 173-209

  8. The United Kingdom

    • Toshiaki Tachibanaki
    Pages 210-238

  9. Germany

    • Yasunobu Tomita
    Pages 239-270

  10. France: Internal Labour Markets and Wage Structure.

    • Naoki Mitani
    Pages 271-327

  11. Wage Differentials between Industries in Asian Countries

    • Toshiaki Tachibanaki, Masayuki Morikawa, Taro Nishimura
    Pages 328-367

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 369-378
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Wages are a vital economic variable in their influence on employment and unemployment and as the main source of personal income, affecting both living standards and labour incentives. Wage determination is studied here in an international perspective, using a common theoretical framework and statistical method through the individual country chapters to reveal similarities and differences between Japan, South Korea, the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany and France.

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  • Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Japan

    Toshiaki Tachibanaki

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