In this paper, we attempt to resolve the drawbacks in previous studies of the labor supply of women in Japan. We … women by using the 1980 Population Census data for Japan.The major finding is that there is a clear difference in the labor … implementation, giving special attention to the specific characteristics of the labor market of women in Japan would be useful and …

Previous studies of female labor force participation in Japan often show that the estimates of female wage rates are … interdependency between married women's decisions to work as part-time employees and their fertility in urban Japan …

Japan in past decades. Relative to empirical studies of a traditional single equation on female labor supply, there exist … fertility behaviors in urban Japan. Using the recently published 1980 Population Census of Japan, we have estimated a … simultaneous-equation model of married women's labor force participation and fertility in urban Japan. Our model shows very …

It is well documented that retail prices in Japan are higher than in other countries for similar products. The two main …) relatively high distribution costs associated with getting goods to the point of final sale in Japan. The first of these … explanations implies that foreign exporters should charge higher prices on shipments to Japan than elsewhere, provided at least …

elderly patients in the context of the initiative taken by the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan to discourage lengthy … hospital treatment and/or stay by elderly patients. By using three leading diseases among the elderly in Japan (cancer, heart …

-market time allocation in Japan and that to be found in the U.S …

This paper uses bilateral automobile export unit values from the United States, Germany and Japan to measure the …

the U.S. from Germany and Japan is similar to price adjustment observed on shipments to other destinations. Most variation …