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An Economic Model of Child Custody
Francesconi, Marco; Muthoo, Abhinay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper develops a model of child custody based on an incomplete-contract approach to the allocation of property rights. Because of the presence of transaction costs in marriage, altruistic parents cannot contract upon the investments they make into their children, but can reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703298
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Breastfeeding Practices and Parental Employment in Japan
Kobayashi, Miki; Usui, Emiko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
children. However, few studies have yet investigated the factors which may promote or inhibit breastfeeding practices in Japan … breastfeeding practices in Japan. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884196
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Pappa Ante Portas: The Retired Husband Syndrome in Japan
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The "Retired Husband Syndrome", that affects the mental health of wives of retired men around the world, has been anecdotally documented but never formally investigated. We use Japanese micro data and the exogenous variation generated by the 2006 revision of the Japanese Elderly Employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884370
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Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, and the Great Recession: Lessons from Japan's Lost Decade
Kambayashi, Ryo; Kato, Takao - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
-term consequences for the labor market structure. To this end, we examine Japan's Lost Decade, the original Great Recession that … during Japan's Lost Decade there was a significant shift of the composition of employment toward "bad jobs." Second, we find … women in Japan made considerable progress in shifting the composition of their employment toward "good jobs" during Japan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555239
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Is Longer Unemployment Rewarded with Longer Job Tenure?
Kohara, Miki; Sasaki, Masaru; Machikita, Tomohiro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper examines whether or not a prolonged unemployment period can raise the quality of job matching after unemployment. We focus on job tenure as an indicator of a good quality job match after unemployment. We match two sets of Japanese administrative data compiled by the public employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754113
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Trends in Worker Displacement Penalties in Japan: 1991-2005
Bognanno, Michael L.; Kambayashi, Ryo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We examine the period from 1991 to 2005 to document the effects of a changing Japanese labor market on trends in the cost of job change. During this period, job change penalties and the extent to which they were age-related grew. Evidence is also found of a diminishing specificity in human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703738
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Job Displacement Penalties in Japan
Bognanno, Michael; Delgado, Lisa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
from 2000 to 2003, a period of economic stagnation and structural change in Japan. We find that displaced workers suffer a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703790
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Sheepskin Effects in Japan
Bauer, Thomas K.; Dross, Patrick J.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Using data for the 1990’s, this paper examines the role of sheepskin effects in the returns to education for Japan. Our … the US. These results could be explained by the particular recruitment system of large firms in Japan, which makes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822544
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Leisure Time in Japan: How Much and for Whom?
Scott M. Fuess, Jr. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Japan is famous for long working hours. For decades the Japanese government has tried to influence how people spend …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762446
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Competitive Work Environments and Social Preferences: Field Experimental Evidence from a Japanese Fishing Community
Carpenter, Jeffrey; Seki, Erika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
on a field experiment conducted with workers from a fishing community in Toyama Bay, Japan. Our participants are employed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763534