of non-standard and precarious employment. Women and men have relatively equal levels of unemployment at present, but the … measures are directed mainly at alleviating the sources of male unemployment. Employment deregulation in Japan embodies varying … gender segmented labor market, with men continuing in relatively protected and regulated standard employment and women …

This paper provides novel evidence on the causal effect on female employment of labor market deregulation by using the … data, we find a statistically significant and economically meaningful impact on female employment of this particular piece … employment. Our finding is consistent with the recent literature that points to the importance of paying particular attention to …