2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Change in the youth labor market and the family composition

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19730181
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Applied economics
Research Institution	University of Hyogo
Principal Investigator	YOKOYAMA Yukiko University of Hyogo, 経営学部, 准教授 (80336825)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	労働経済学 / 家族形成 / 若年労働市場 / 少子化
Research Abstract	The long-term employment system is one of the three main characteristics of the Japanese employment system. However, there are signs that this system is changing. Moreover, NEET and FREETER have been increased in number, and recently the divorce rate has been rapidly surging. To earn their own living, many more people who are not new graduates face the difficulties in obtaining a new job. The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of their financial independence, from the viewpoints of the effects of their age at time of employment on their future wages ; the evaluation on non-regular workers in the workplace ; and the explanation for their non-regular status.

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