2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Intergenerational analysis on labor market
| Project/Area Number |
19730167
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
KURODA Sachiko Hitotsubashi University, 社会科学研究所, 准教授 (50447588)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 労働供給 / 労働時間 / 余暇時間 / 賃金弾性値 / 賃金決定 |
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| Research Abstract |
Due to the 1988 amendment to the Labor Standards Act, many firms introduced a five-day work week (instead of six days) beginning in the late 1980s. In contrast with the increasing trend of weekends, however, an increase in "overworking" by full-time employees has recently become a serious issue in Japan. To my knowledge, however, there has been no analysis that closely examines why such sentiments occurred in Japan. This research tries to analyze whether there was any change in people's labor supply behavior and also to measure trends in hours worked and leisure for Japanese over the past three decades.
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