Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a … towards non-regular employment despite women's high education levels. This paper empirically examines what helps Japan and … tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap …

Japan's potential growth rate is steadily falling with the aging of its population. This paper explores the extent to … participating in the workforce in Japan. First, few working women start out in career-track positions, and second, many women drop … out of the workforce following childbirth. To increase women’s attachment to work Japan should consider policies to reduce …

Data and anecdotal evidence suggest that Japan is suffering from labor shortages, which are large in an international … focuses on policy options to ease Japan’s labor shortages. In particular, we focus on possible measures to increase reliance …

in Japan. Using a nationwide sample of 1,046 working-age adults, we conduct a choice experiment that examines individuals …