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Regional variations in labor force behavior of women in Japan
Title: | Regional variations in labor force behavior of women in Japan |
Authors: | Abe, Yukiko1 Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
Authors(alt): | 安部, 由起子1 |
Keywords: | Regional differences | Regular employment | Part-time employment | Japan | Norm |
Issue Date: | Dec-2013 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Journal Title: | Japan and the world economy |
Volume: | 28 |
Start Page: | 112 |
End Page: | 124 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.japwor.2013.08.004 |
Abstract: | This study uses cross-sectional data to investigate regional differences in women's participation in the labor market. Women's participation is high in the northern coastal region of Japan. This high rate of participation is caused by the fact that married women with children participate as regular full-time employees. Supply and demand factors explain part of the differences, but regional effects remain even after controlling for them. I attribute the high participation in the northern coastal region to long-standing norms regarding women's work. |
Rights: | (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Type: | article (author version) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/60290 |
Appears in Collections: | 経済学院・経済学研究院 (Graduate School of Economics and Business / Faculty of Economics and Business) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 安部 由起子
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