2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on wage and salary system in contemporary Japan : Seniority, Job, Performance and Gender

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20530479
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	Senshu University
Principal Investigator	TAKAHASHI Yukichi Senshu University, 経済学部, 教授 (10072662)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	AKAHORI Masashige (財)労働科学研究所, 主任研究員 (60321676) ISHII Makoto 大分大学, 経済学部, 教授 (60280666) IWASA Takuya 神戸大学, 大学院・人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (00346230) ONIMARU Tomoko 桜美林大学, リベラルアーツ学群, 准教授 (00325557) SHIMOYAMA Fusao (財)労働科学研究所, 客員研究員 (70017820) SHIRAI Kunihiko 青山学院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (20305246) HYODO Atsushi 専修大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (30294862)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	年功賃金 / 成果主義 / 職務給 / 能力主義 / 賃金制度 / ジェンダー
Research Abstract	This research project aimed to shed light on the nature of the reform of pay systems in Japanese enterprises from 1990's. We found out the following facts through the project. "The pay for performance system" introduced as a brand-new system in many companies in Japan since later 1990's is an akin to the existing merit system. The Japanese seniority based pay system cannot be considered as a sexist system though many scholars have believed it is a essentially sexist system.

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