Kawaguchi, Daiji; Miyazaki, Junko - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2005
The labor force participation rate of women in Japan has increased in recent decades. To shed light on the mechanism behind this increase, we focus on the explanation that Fernandez, Fogli and Olivetti (QJE (2004)) suggest. They claim that men who are raised by working mothers form a preference...