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Women's Empowerment and Promoting Work-Life-Balance in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15H03343
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionHitotsubashi University

Principal Investigator

Usui Emiko  一橋大学, 経済研究所, 准教授 (50467263)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 中村 さやか  名古屋大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (20511603)
高山 憲之  公益財団法人年金シニアプラン総合研究機構, 研究部, 研究主幹 (30102940)
小林 美樹  佐賀大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (70722388)
奥村 綱雄  横浜国立大学, 大学院国際社会科学研究院, 教授 (90323922)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥11,830,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,730,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Keywords経済政策 / 女性の就労 / 少子化 / 労働経済学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This empirical study presents three main findings in Japan. First, among dual-earner couples, wives are performing a significant share of housework on weekdays while husbands are not, and wives experience higher spousal satisfaction when helped on weekdays. Second, while mothers working full-time spend less time with children’s homework than non-fulltime, fathers compensate for some of this lost quality time though not making up all lost quality time. Fathers working over 60 hours/week spend less time with children, and if less working hours, it may help mothers reduce their time with children, thereby facilitating mothers' labor market participation. Third, among married women of early 40s without children, those without knowing fertility decline with age, their subjective probability of having children are 10% higher. Realizing fertility patterns accurately, it would make women more forthcoming to have children before turning 40.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (49 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (27 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 19 results,  Open Access: 12 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 5 results) Presentation (21 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 5 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] How does informal caregiving affect daughters’ employment and mental health in Japan?2018

    • Author(s)
      Oshio Takashi、Usui Emiko
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

      Volume: ─ Pages: 1-7

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jjie.2018.01.001

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Why Are Women Slimmer Than Men in Developed Countries?2018

    • Author(s)
      Shiko Maruyama, Sayaka Nakamura
    • Journal Title

      Economics & Human Biology

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The effects of early job separation on later life outcomes2018

    • Author(s)
      Mayu Fujii, Kousuke Shiraishi, and Noriyuki Takayama
    • Journal Title

      Journal of The Japanese and International Economies

      Volume: forthcoming Pages: 68-84

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jjie.2017.11.002

    • NAID

      210000164727

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Cross-sectional Analysis on Coresidence of Elderly Parents and Their Children in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      中村さやか、丸山士行
    • Journal Title

      経済科学

      Volume: 65 Issue: 1 Pages: 13-28

    • DOI

      10.18999/ecos.65.1.16

    • NAID

      120006323687

    • ISSN
      0022-9725
    • URL

      https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/24607

    • Year and Date
      2017-06-30
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Several Questions on Basic Ideas of the 1994 World Bank Report Averting the Old Age Crisis(中国語版)2017

    • Author(s)
      高山 憲之
    • Journal Title

      社会保障評論

      Volume: 1(4) Pages: 36-43

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 配偶者控除見直しに関するマイクロシミュレーション(Ⅱ)2017

    • Author(s)
      高山 憲之・白石 浩介
    • Journal Title

      Japan Pension Review

      Volume: 6 Issue: 0 Pages: 1-37

    • DOI

      10.20739/nenkinkenkyu.6.0_1

    • NAID

      130005697263

    • ISSN
      2189-969X
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 年金と高齢者就業:パネルデータ分析2017

    • Author(s)
      高山 憲之・白石 浩介
    • Journal Title

      Japan Pension Review

      Volume: 6 Issue: 0 Pages: 38-100

    • DOI

      10.20739/nenkinkenkyu.6.0_38

    • NAID

      130005697262

    • ISSN
      2189-969X
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Comment on "Availability of long-term care facilities and middle-aged people's labor supply in Japan"2017

    • Author(s)
      Emiko Usui
    • Journal Title

      Asian Economic Policy Review

      Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 113-114

    • DOI

      10.1111/aepr.12164

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Informal parental care and female labour supply in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Oshio and Emiko Usui
    • Journal Title

      Applied Economics Letters

      Volume: Vol.24, No.9 Issue: 9 Pages: 635-638

    • DOI

      10.1080/13504851.2016.1217303

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Funded Pensions: The Japanese Experience and Its Lessons2017

    • Author(s)
      Noriyuki Takayama
    • Journal Title

      Comparative Studies(比較)

      Volume: 88(1) Pages: 42-62

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Are Japanese men of pensionable age underemployed or overemployed?2016

    • Author(s)
      Usui M, Shimizutani S, Oshio T
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Economic Review

      Volume: 67(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 150-168

    • DOI

      10.1111/jere.12094

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report 2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Sharing housework between husbands and wives: how to improve marital satisfaction for working wives in Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      Mayu Kobayashi, Miki Kobayashi, Tsunao Okumura, and Emiko Usui
    • Journal Title

      IZA Journal of Labor Policy

      Volume: 5 Issue: 18 Pages: 1-15

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40173-016-0074-9

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 「くらしと仕事に関するインターネット調査」からみた中年未婚男性の生活実態と意識:調査結果の概要2016

    • Author(s)
      高山憲之
    • Journal Title

      Japan Pension Review

      Volume: 3 Issue: 0 Pages: 210-262

    • DOI

      10.20739/nenkinkenkyu.3.0_210

    • NAID

      130005558072

    • ISSN
      2189-969X
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 日本の公的年金:基本的考え方2016

    • Author(s)
      高山憲之
    • Journal Title

      統計

      Volume: 11 Pages: 33-38

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 配偶者控除見直しに関するマイクロシミュレーション(Ⅰ)2016

    • Author(s)
      高山憲之・白石浩介
    • Journal Title

      Japan Pension Review

      Volume: 5 Issue: 0 Pages: 1-25

    • DOI

      10.20739/nenkinkenkyu.5.0_1

    • NAID

      130005558094

    • ISSN
      2189-969X
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 新規学卒者の学校から就業への移行に関する分析 ―学生時代のパフォーマンスが就職に与える影響―2016

    • Author(s)
      佐藤純恵・小林美樹
    • Journal Title

      国民経済雑誌

      Volume: 214(6) Pages: 45-56

    • NAID

      120006375907

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Determinants of Contraceptive Choice among Japanese Women: Ten Years after the Pill Approval2016

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, Sayaka
    • Journal Title

      Review of Economics of the Household

      Volume: 未定 Issue: 3 Pages: 553-575

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11150-013-9228-3

    • NAID

      120004883837

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report 2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Intergenerational transmission of skills and differences in labor market outcomes for blacks and whites2016

    • Author(s)
      Tsunao Okumura and Emiko Usui
    • Journal Title

      Research in Labor Economics

      Volume: 43 Pages: 227-286

    • DOI

      10.1108/s0147-912120160000043015

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 親の働き方と子供の家庭教育2016

    • Author(s)
      臼井恵美子・小林美樹
    • Journal Title

      経済研究

      Volume: 67 Pages: 69-87

    • NAID

      120006384508

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Restricted regular employees and compensating wage differentials: Theory and evidence2016

    • Author(s)
      Usui, Emiko
    • Journal Title

      Japan Labor Review

      Volume: 13 Pages: 6-19

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 年金受給開始前後における就業状況と年金受給の実態2016

    • Author(s)
      高山憲之・白石浩介
    • Journal Title

      日本年金学会誌

      Volume: 35 Pages: 12-21

    • NAID

      130007615383

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Health Capacity to Work at Older Ages: Evidence from Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      Usui, Emiko; Shimizutani, Satoshi; and Oshio, Takashi
    • Journal Title

      NBER book Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Capacity to Work at Older Ages, David A. Wise, editor, University of Chicago Press(図書所収論文)

      Volume: 未定

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Breastfeeding Practices and Parental Employment in Japan2015

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi, M. and Usui, E.
    • Journal Title

      Review of Economics of the Household

      Volume: 近刊 Issue: 2 Pages: 1-18

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11150-014-9246-9

    • Description
      【掲載確定】 印刷中
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report 2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Occupational Gender Segregation in an Equilibrium Search Model2015

    • Author(s)
      Emiko Usui
    • Journal Title

      IZA Journal of Labor Economics

      Volume: 4 Issue: 13 Pages: 1-14

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40172-015-0028-2

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Decline in BMI among Japanese Women after World War II2015

    • Author(s)
      Maruyama, Shiko and Nakamura, Sayaka
    • Journal Title

      Economics and Human Biology

      Volume: 18 Pages: 125-138

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ehb.2015.05.001

    • NAID

      120006716081

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Reciprocity in the Formation of Intergenerational Coresidence2015

    • Author(s)
      Johar, Meliyanni, Maruyama, Shiko, and Nakamura, Sayaka
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Family and Economic Issues

      Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Pages: 192-209

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10834-013-9387-7

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] パネルデータからみた第3号被保険者の実態2015

    • Author(s)
      高山憲之
    • Journal Title

      年金研究

      Volume: 1 Pages: 3-31

    • NAID

      130005558039

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] The Effects of Providing Elder Care on Daughters’ Employment and Mental Health in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      Emiko Usui
    • Organizer
      Population Association of America 2017 Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日本の労働市場における年金世代男性のさらなる貢献の可能性2017

    • Author(s)
      臼井恵美子
    • Organizer
      国立大学附置研究所・センター長会議 第三部会シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Breastfeeding Practices and Parental Employment in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      臼井恵美子
    • Organizer
      一橋大学・中国人民大学共催第7回アジア政策フォーラム
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Major Changes in Japanese Public Pension System: Their Backgrounds and Underlying Philosophie2017

    • Author(s)
      高山憲之
    • Organizer
      The China-Japan Joint Workshop on Pensions
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Several Questions on Basic Ideas of the 1994 World Bank Report Averting the Old Age Crisis2017

    • Author(s)
      高山憲之
    • Organizer
      IPLE-CASS conference on Worldwide and China’s Pension Reform
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed?2016

    • Author(s)
      臼井恵美子
    • Organizer
      ミクロデータから見た我が国の社会・経済の実像
    • Place of Presentation
      一橋大学(東京都・国立市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-17
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Effect of School Lunch on Early Teenagers' Body Weight2016

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, Sayaka
    • Organizer
      一橋大学産業労働ワークショップ
    • Place of Presentation
      一橋大学(東京都・国立市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-01-12
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Effects of Providing Eldercare on Daughters' Employment and Mental Health in Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      Usui, Emiko
    • Organizer
      2016 International Conference on Population Aging in Three East Asian Countries Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Responses of Korea, China and Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      高麗大学(韓国)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Funded Pensions: The Japanese Experience and Its Lessons2016

    • Author(s)
      Noriyuki Takayama
    • Organizer
      Special Seminar on Pensions
    • Place of Presentation
      CASS, Beijing (China)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Effect of School Lunch on Early Teenagers' Body Weight2016

    • Author(s)
      Sayaka Nakamura
    • Organizer
      8th Japan-Taiwan-Korea Health Economics Associations Joint Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Seoul National University, Seoul (South Korea)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Effect of School Lunch on Early Teenagers' Body Weight2016

    • Author(s)
      Sayaka Nakamura
    • Organizer
      2016 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society
    • Place of Presentation
      同志社大学(京都府・京都市)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Effect of School Lunch on Early Teenagers' Body Weight2016

    • Author(s)
      Sayaka Nakamura
    • Organizer
      医療経済学会第11回研究大会
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学(東京都・新宿区)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Effect of School Lunch on Early Teenagers' Body Weight2016

    • Author(s)
      Sayaka Nakamura
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会2016年度春季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋大学(愛知県・名古屋市)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 年金受給開始前後における就業状況と年金受給の実態2015

    • Author(s)
      高山憲之
    • Organizer
      日本年金学会年次総会
    • Place of Presentation
      JJK会館(東京都・中央区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-29
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed?2015

    • Author(s)
      臼井恵美子
    • Organizer
      医療経済学会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学(京都府・左京区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-06
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Why does development make men heavier than women?2015

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, Sayaka
    • Organizer
      医療経済学会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学(京都府・京都市左京区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-05
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Employer Learning, Job Changes, and Wage Dynamics.2015

    • Author(s)
      Usui, Emiko
    • Organizer
      Hitotsubashi Summer Institute
    • Place of Presentation
      一橋大学(東京都・国立市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-01
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 親の働き方と子供の家庭教育2015

    • Author(s)
      臼井恵美子
    • Organizer
      一橋大学経済研究所定例研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      一橋大学(東京都・国立市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-15
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed?2015

    • Author(s)
      Usui, Emiko
    • Organizer
      RAND
    • Place of Presentation
      Santa Monica (USA)
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-12
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed?2015

    • Author(s)
      臼井恵美子
    • Organizer
      慶応義塾大学応用経済学ワークショップ
    • Place of Presentation
      慶応義塾大学(東京都・港区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-03
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] How to Share Housework Between Husbands and Wives: Improving Marital Satisfaction for Working Wives in Japan.2015

    • Author(s)
      Usui, Emiko
    • Organizer
      IZA/RIETI Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      経済産業研究所(東京都・千代田区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-26
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] The Japanese Longitudinal Survey on Employment and Fertility (LOSEF): Essential Features of the 2011 Internet Version and a Guide to Its Users2016

    • Author(s)
      Noriyuki Takayama, Seiichi Inagaki and Takashi Oshio
    • Total Pages
      79
    • Publisher
      Research Institute for Policies on Pension & Aging
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report

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