Construction of care-centered gender-aware macromodelling and policy evaluation in Japan

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K20098
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 80030:Gender studies-related
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: Yamamoto Yumiko 岡山大学, グローバル人材育成院, 准教授 (10830185)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: ジェンダー / ケアエコノミー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study constructed a gender- and care-sensitive Social Accounting Matrix (SAM). To supplement the macroeconomic-level discussion, the study also investigated the current working conditions of paid care workers, specifically after-school program staff. Women spend longer hours than men in both unpaid and paid care work. Since women's wages are lower than men's, the economic effects will be underestimated when we convert these findings to a monetary basis. Investment in women's human capital development hasn't led to economic growth as expected. Hiring care workers full-time and at higher wages is necessary for gender equality and the economy of the aged society.

Free Research Field

フェミニスト経済学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまでも『社会生活基本調査』で得られた無償家事・ケア労働時間の貨幣評価など、内閣府経済社会総合研究所によるマクロ推計はあるが、産業連関表などのデータも用いることで経済統計を結びつけ、また、無償労働と有償労働の関係を労働時間と推計所得で見たり、労働時間と所得の関係などを産業別、性別、学歴別、世帯構造別等で分析した。日本のデータを用いてケアとジェンダーに考慮したマクロ経済モデルは構築されたことがなく、フェミニス経済学の、特にマクロ経済学分野やモデリングの発展に向けた第一歩となる。