This paper examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected female employment in Japan. Our estimates indicate that the … employment rate of married women with children decreased by 4 percentage points, while that of those without children decreased …' employment. Further, mothers who left or lost their jobs appear to have dropped out of the labor force even several months after …

We examine the impacts of the minimum wage on employment using the minimum-wage hike induced by the introduction of … find that the minimum-wage hike raised the wages of low-wage workers, but reduced the employment of less-educated young men …

This study examines the impact of a technological change on employment and wages, focusing on the adoption of power … plant level, the power loom adaption increased the employment and wages of adult male workers, who likely conducted …-routine tasks. The wage hike of adult workers induced the exit of less efficient plants and decreased female adult employment by 28 …