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Research for establishing a new employment system through labor market policy evaluation(Fostering Joint International Research)

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15KK0097
Research Category

Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Public finance/Public economy
Research InstitutionJapan Women's University

Principal Investigator

Hara Hiromi  日本女子大学, 家政学部, 准教授 (50605970)

Research Collaborator Neumark David  University of California, Irvine, Department of Economics, Professor
Project Period (FY) 2016 – 2018
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥13,520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,120,000)
Keywords労働経済学 / 賃金格差 / 男女間格差 / 賃金分布 / 要因分解 / ガラスの天井 / 床への張りつき / 日本型人的資源管理システム / 女性労働 / 賃金 / 男女間賃金格差 / 男女間昇進格差 / 男女間昇進プレミアム格差 / 内部労働市場 / 目に見えない障壁 / 経済政策
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the gender wage gap through the wage distribution in Japan. Although male and female wages have been converging, there still remains a persistent gender wage gap. To identify what impedes further reductions in this gap, we used Japanese data to conduct a decomposition across the wage distribution, focusing on the wage structure effect (the unexplained gap). We show that it is larger within an establishment than between establishments and at the tails of the wage distribution than in the middle, indicating that both a glass ceiling and a sticky floor exist within establishments and have for more than 25 years. The sticky floor appears to be largely caused by Japan's gendered career track job segregation system and the glass ceiling by a gender promotion gap and a "swimming upstream" phenomenon. Consequently, any further reduction in the gender wage gap will require a resolution of gender job segregation and a shift towards jobs that reward flexibility.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで日本の男女間賃金格差の研究は、平均における格差の分析が主であったが、本研究は、日本に関して、賃金分布を通じて男女間賃金格差の実態を明らかにした。そして、先進国としてはめずらしく、1980年から2015年の日本ではガラスの天井と床への張りつきの二つの現象が同時に起こっていたことを計量的に示したうえで、その発生メカニズムを明らかにしたことが本研究の学術的意義である。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 10 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California, Irvine(米国)2017

    • Year and Date
      2017-04-01
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Gender Wage Gap across the Wage Distribution in Japan: Within- and Between-Establishment Effects2018

    • Author(s)
      Hara, Hiromi
    • Journal Title

      Labour Economics

      Volume: 53 Pages: 213-229

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.labeco.2018.04.007

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Curriculum and Gender Norms: The Effect of Co-Education of Home Economics2019

    • Author(s)
      Hara, Hiromi
    • Organizer
      The 4th Belgian-Japanese Public Finance Workshop
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Curriculum and Gender Norms: The Effect of Co-Education of Home Economics2019

    • Author(s)
      Hara, Hiromi
    • Organizer
      Education Economics Workshop
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Curriculum and Gender Norms: The Effect of Co-Education of Home Economics2019

    • Author(s)
      原 ひろみ
    • Organizer
      東京労働経済学研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Curriculum and Gender Norms: The Effect of Co-Education of Home Economics2019

    • Author(s)
      原 ひろみ
    • Organizer
      関西労働研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Gender Wage Gap across the Wage Distribution in Japan: Within- and Between-Establishment Effects2018

    • Author(s)
      Hara, Hiromi
    • Organizer
      Labor Public Seminar, University of California, Irvine
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Gender Wage Gap across the Wage Distribution in Japan: Within- and Between-Establishment Effects2018

    • Author(s)
      Hara, Hiromi
    • Organizer
      The 3rd Belgian-Japanese Public Finance Workshop
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Should Home Economics Be Compulsory for Boys? Overcoming Social Norms2018

    • Author(s)
      Hara, Hiromi
    • Organizer
      2018 Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] What Impedes a Further Reduction of the Gender Wage Gap?2018

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Hara
    • Organizer
      The 3rd Belgian-Japanese Public Finance Workshop
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] What Impedes a Further Reduction of the Gender Wage Gap?2017

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Hara
    • Organizer
      The 10th Asian Conference on Microeconomics and Econometrics
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] What Impedes a Further Reduction of the Gender Wage Gap?2017

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Hara
    • Organizer
      The 29th European Association of Labour Economist Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] What Impedes a Further Reduction of the Gender Wage Gap?2017

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Hara
    • Organizer
      Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics Inaugural Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Glass Ceilings or Sticky Floors? An Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap across the Wage Distribution in Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      原 ひろみ
    • Organizer
      2016 Fall Meeting of Japanese Economic Association
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学、東京、日本
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-11
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Glass Ceilings or Sticky Floors? An Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap across the Wage Distribution in Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      原 ひろみ
    • Organizer
      The IZA Brown Bag Seminar
    • Place of Presentation
      IZA, Bonn, Germany
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-18
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Glass Ceilings or Sticky Floors? An Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap across the Wage Distribution in Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      原 ひろみ
    • Organizer
      2016 Asian Meeting of Econometric Society
    • Place of Presentation
      同志社大学、京都、日本
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Glass Ceilings or Sticky Floors? An Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap across the Wage Distribution in Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      原 ひろみ
    • Organizer
      RIETI DP検討会
    • Place of Presentation
      経済産業研究所、東京、日本
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-08
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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