The impact of labor market policy interventions on labor market outcomes

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23330079
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: KAWAGUCHI Daiji 一橋大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 教授 (80346139)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ITO Takahiro 神戸大学, 大学院国際協力研究科, 准教授 (20547054) ; ARAI Yoichi 政策研究大学院大学, 政策研究科, 助教授 (50376571) ; ICHIMURA Hidehiko 東京大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 教授 (50401196) ; ASANO Hirokatsu 亜細亜大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (70327295)
• Research Collaborator: HAMERMESH Daniel Royal Holloway University of London, Professor ; LEE Jungmin Sogang University, Professor ; YAMADA Ken Shingapore Management University, Assistant Professor
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 法定労働時間 / 最低賃金

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study evaluates the impact of labor market policies on its outcomes. The impacts of work hour standard and minimum wages are examined. Regarding the work hour standard, analysis of the survey on time use and leisure activities reveals that the reduction of work hour standard from the late 1980s to the middle 1990s reduced hours worked and increased leisure hours. Regarding minimum wage, the increase in region minimum wage induced by the 2007 revision of minimum wage act reduced the employment rate of teenagers.

Free Research Field

労働経済学