Non-Regular Female Workers in Japan’s Prolonged Economic Recession: Evidence from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers

Sanae Tashiro ()
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Sanae Tashiro: Department of Economics and Finance, Rhode Island College, USA

Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2017, vol. 20, issue 1, 23-56

Abstract: Using the 1993-2014 Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers, this paper examined labour force participation and earnings of female workers with non-regular employment by birth cohort. The results confirmed that age and experience generally increased labour force participation of female workers with non-regular employment. Education and parents’ cohabitation with financial sharing reduced labour force participation of part-time female employees, while being married and having children increased it. The reverse results were evident for female employees with fixed-term employment. Estimates also showed that female workers with non-regular employment earnt less than those with regular employment; however, variations in wage differentials across generations were more prominent for female workers with fixed-term employment than those with part-time employment. The returns to education decreased as a cohort progressed, the experience premiums were apparent only for the young cohorts, and an age premium was nonexistent across generations among Japanese female workers.

Keywords: Non-Regular Employment; Labour Force Participation; Wage; Cohort (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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