@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00008654,
 author = {Fukaura, Atsuyuki},
 issue = {4},
 journal = {經營と經濟, Journal of Business and Economics},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {The present Japanese minimum wage system adopts the guidelines system. Under this system all prefectures are classified into several groups. A standard of the rise of minimum wage width is also shown for each group, and the minimum wage of the prefecture is determined by referring the standard. Therefore, in which group each prefecture is ranked has an important economical implication as well as political, because it determines the regional minimum wage indirectly. In this paper, by adapting the statistical technique that is more analytical than an arithmetic method now in use, we examine the validity of the current ranking system. It was shown an overestimation or underestimation are often caused, which results some prefectures are ranked more higher or lower than the real economic condition suggests. Furthermore, its influence on regional economy depends strongly on a skewness of the wage-income distribution., 經營と經濟, 92(4), pp.1-28; 2013},
 pages = {1--28},
 title = {Rationality of the Guideline System in the Japanese Minimum Wage Law},
 volume = {92},
 year = {2013}
}