Nishikawa, Shunsaku; Higuchi, Yoshio - In: Japanese Economy 9 (1980) 2, pp. 62-87
As is well known, the labor-force participation rate of women was in a continuous decline (for more than a half century) until 1975. Needless to say, this fact is attributable to the decline in the farm population. In other words, this gradual decline has been associated with industrialization...