Foreign workers will ease Japan’s labour shortage

Despite wide anecdotal evidence of labour shortages, nominal wages have risen little and real wages have fallen

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  • Wages rise slowly
  • Industry effects absent
  • Labour force composition
  • Gender differences
  • Foreign workers

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