interdependency between married women's decisions to work as part-time employees and their fertility in urban Japan …Previous studies of female labor force participation in Japan often show that the estimates of female wage rates are … estimated a logit model of married women's part-time employment and a fertility equation in the context of a simultaneous …

Introduction: Current Conditions of Work and Family in Japan -- 1 The Factors of Fertility Decline in Japan -- 2 The … fertility rates in a broader context, such as family life and working customs. The basic argument it puts forward is that Japan … Japanese Working Custom and Women’s Employment Participation -- 3 Work and Family in Japan from the Comparative Perspective …

towards gender equality in family and the workplace will be discussed to understand why many young Japanese remain single. …