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Sharing housework between husbands and wives : how to improve marital satisfaction for working wives in Japan
Kobayashi, Mayu; Kobayashi, Miki; Okumura, Tsunao; … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 5 (2016) 18, pp. 1-15
This paper examines whether and how the marital satisfaction of Japanese couples is related to the housework the spouse performs. For single-earner couples, both husbands and wives are more satisfied with the other spouse if the wife performs the greater share of the housework on weekdays. In...
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Specialization and happiness : a US-Japan comparison
Lee, Kristen Schultz (contributor); Ono, Hiroshi (contributor) - 2006 - Rev. February 18, 2008
This paper examines the relationship between specialization and happiness in marriage in the U.S. and Japan. Our …
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Labor market incorporation of immigrants in Japan and the United States : a comparative analysis
Cornelius, Wayne A.; Tsuda, Takeyuki - 2002
The most commonly used model of labor market incorporation among immigrants in the United States analyzes their earnings largely as a function of human capital variables such as education, language competence, age, length of residence and employment experience in the receiving country. However,...
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Labor market incorporation of immigrants in Japan and the United States : a comparative analysis
Cornelius, Wayne A.; Tsuda, Takeyuki - 2002
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Modeling eldercare by children and children-in-law : the role of marriage institutions
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2017
well as members of adjacent generations linked by marriage (in-laws) are modeled as self-interested agents offering or … and happiness of in-family caregivers could be enriched by taking account of material in-marriage transfers that the … their counterparts in the South. Their families are also likely to pay lower dowries at the time of marriage, which is …
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Labor Market Incorporation of Immigrants in Japan and the United States: A Comparative Analysis
Cornelius, Wayne A.; Tsuda, Takeyuki - 2002
The most commonly used model of labor market incorporation among immigrants in the United States analyzes their earnings largely as a function of human capital variables such as education, language competence, age, length of residence and employment experience in the receiving country. However,...
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Brides for sale: Cross-border marriages and female immigration
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Lee, Soohyung - 2012
importation: the rapid growth of women's educational attainment and a cultural norm that leads to a low net surplus of marriage …
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Brides for sale : cross-border marriages and female immigration
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Lee, Soohyung - 2012
importation": the rapid growth of women's educational attainment and a cultural norm that leads to a low net surplus of marriage … from Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. -- immigration ; marriage ; sex ratio imbalance ; international marriages ; cross …
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Brides for Sale : Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration
Kawaguchi, Daiji - 2012
importation": the rapid growth of women's educational attainment and a cultural norm that leads to a low net surplus of marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107713
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Relation between relative income and marriage in Japan
Mikami, Ryo - 2022
This study investigates the relationship of relative income on males' marital behavior using individual data taken from the Japanese Employment Status Survey. The data show that relatively low-income males among each reference group are more likely to marry when their income approaches the 50th...
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