"This timely book offers a fascinating contemporary analysis of research into the gender pay gap while also providing … attempted to elucidate this challenging topic. Explaining the Gender Wage Gap examines often-neglected factors that highlight … neoclassical discrimination theories whilst analysing models used to calculate the gender wage gap. They conclude that modern …

"This timely book expertly analyses the persistence of gender inequalities in work. Despite the progress made through … frameworks regulating work and employment relations, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated gender divides in labour … markets. The authors present innovative ways to promote gender equality in a variety of industrial relations systems, welfare …

examples of Italy and Japan, two countries which have the fastest ageing populations in Europe and the world respectively …pt. 1. Demographic transition and the impact on growth : the case of Japan -- pt. 2. Demographic transition and pension …

This book provides a comprehensive appraisal of social security in Japan, where traditionally the burden of welfare …1. Introduction -- 2. Social security reform in Japan in the twenty-first century -- 3. Uncertainty and pension policy … -- 4. Alternative pension reform strategies for Japan -- 5. Effects of the old-age pension system for active employees on …

, changing retirement policies and lifetime earnings profiles in Japan / Robert Clark, Naohiro Ogawa, Rikiya Matsukura -- Firm … -- Population aging and health care spending in Japan : public- and private-sector responses / Naohiro Ogawa, Andrew Mason, Maliki …

: experience and challenges in Japan / Masaharu Usuki -- The structure and regulation of the Brazilian private pension system …, and novel solutions prescribed. Retirement incomes across a number of countries including the US, the UK, Japan and …