2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comparative study on female labor and income inequality among families with children
Project/Area Number |
26380358
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Public finance/Public economy
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Research Institution | Chiba University |
Principal Investigator |
Oishi Akiko 千葉大学, 法政経学部, 教授 (20415821)
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Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Keywords | 女性労働 / 家族政策 / 労働政策 / 労働時間 / 母子世帯 / ワーク・ライフ・バランス / 国際比較 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study investigated how family and labor market policies affect female labor participation and income inequality among child rearing families from a comparative perspective. My field research and literature survey suggested that, in Hong Kong and Taiwan, use of foreign domestic workers enabled highly-educated mothers to work long hours, resulting in an increase in income gap among families with children. My empirical analyses using household data and time use data revealed that children of single-mother households are disadvantaged both in terms of economic resources and time spent with their mothers compared with children of two-parent households. Through a comparative study of four countries (Japan, UK, France, and Sweden), I found that those who work more than 40 hours a week tend to have a higher degree of work-family conflict.
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Free Research Field |
労働経済学、社会保障論
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