01628cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005773 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451872446 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Sommer, Martin. Why Are Japanese Wages So Sluggish? / Martin Sommer. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009. 1 online resource (21 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Over the past decade, productivity-adjusted wages have grown at a slower pace in Japan than in other rich countries. This paper suggests that Japan's dualities between regular and "nonregular" labor market contracts and the relatively inefficient services sector have exacerbated the negative impact of globalization and technical change on the labor income share felt in all advanced economies. Reforms aimed at increasing productivity in services and reducing gaps in employment protection and benefits between regular and nonregular workers could help put Japan's wages on an upward trajectory in the medium term. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/097 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2009/097/001.2009.issue-097-en.xml IMF e-Library