Abe, Yukiko; Oishi, Akiko Sato - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 2, pp. 1510-1519
In this paper, we examine the impact of the `1.03 million yen ceiling,' a means-tested transfer scheme for secondary earners in Japan, on earnings inequality of married women. We find that the decline in earnings inequality among married women between 1993 and 2003 is attributable to the...