Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsA Statistical Comparative Study of the Working Poor in Japan and CanadaMasatoshi MurakamiProblem statement: Recently in Japan, there has been an increase in the group which is termed the ‘Working Poor’. However, the group’s size and configuration remains unknown. Approach: The purpose of this study is to compare the working poor in Canada and Japan using microdata. First, the definition and method of estimation of the working poor provided by (Iwai and … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 9 Apr 2011 · 6,976 accessesView PDFCite