Abe, Yukiko; Tamada, Keiko - In: Japan and the World Economy 22 (2010) 2, pp. 69-79
We investigate regional patterns in employment of less-educated men in Japan from 1990 to 2007. The employment-population ratio of junior high school graduate men (9 years of compulsory schooling) decreased from 1990 to 2007. Wage growth across regions had a unique pattern during this period: it...