English Abstract: This paper analyzes the impact of change in minimum wage on employment and poverty in Japan using … micro data from the Employment Status Survey (Shugyo Kozo Kihon Chosa), which is a large-scale government household survey …. Using regression analysis, we find that an increase in minimum wage decreases the employment rate of males aged 15–19 years …

technological progress, we will argue that:1) a continuous budget deficit is necessary to maintain full employment when the economy … budget deficit exceeds the level necessary and sufficient to maintain full employment. In order to avoid further inflation … employment is required. However, since a continuous budget deficit is necessary after full employment is restored, the deficit …

progress, and gives a generally positive evaluation of MMT claims. The basic idea is that sustaining full employment in a …