A Japan-Europe Comparison of Female Labor-Force Participation and Male-Female Wage Differentials

Kazuo Koike

Japanese Economy, 1980, vol. 9, issue 2, 3-27

Abstract: There are numerous "myths" about female labor in Japan, which may be summarized as follows: In comparison with Europe and the United States, male-female differentials are so great in Japan that few women work; though some women have finally begun to take jobs, they are still far fewer than in Europe and the United States; and, accordingly, male-female wage differentials are much greater in Japan than in Europe or the United States. In what follows, I want to test a few of these assertions by comparing Japanese and Western labor statistics (which have finally become as good as Japanese statistics). The following is a report on my elementary fact-finding exercise.

Date: 1980
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