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October 1984, Vol. 107, No.
10
Pay differentials:
the case of Japan
In Japan, as in the United States, employees' investment in human capital cannot fully explain the tendency of larger firms to pay higher wages; idiosyncrasies of the labor market, such as the extensive payment of bonuses and practices related to lifetime employment, may account for much of the remaining gap.
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