women from working overtime exceeding two hours a day; six hours a week; and 150 hours a year. The 1985 amendments exempted … a variety of occupations and industries from such overtime restriction on women. We first define "jobs" using an … exempt from the overtime restriction on women by the 1985 amendments. Applying a difference-in-difference model to census …

This paper provides novel evidence on the effect of deregulating overtime hours restrictions on women by using the 1985 … Amendments to the Labour Standards Act (LSA) in Japan as a natural experiment. The original LSA of 1947 prohibited women from … occupations and industries from such an overtime restriction on women. Applying a difference‐in‐difference model to census data …