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Can women save Japan? /
Japan's potential growth rate is steadily falling with the aging of its population. This paper explores the extent to which raising female labor participation can help slow this trend. Using a cross-country database we find that smaller families, higher female education, and lower marriage rate...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
International Monetary Fund,
Ã2012.
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| Colección: | IMF working paper ;
WP/12/248. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Japan's potential growth rate is steadily falling with the aging of its population. This paper explores the extent to which raising female labor participation can help slow this trend. Using a cross-country database we find that smaller families, higher female education, and lower marriage rates are associated with much of the rise in women's aggregate participation rates within countries over time, but that policies are likely increasingly important for explaining differences across countries. Raising female participation could provide an important boost to growth, but women face two hurdles in participating in the workforce in Japan. First, few working women start out in career-track positions, and second, many women drop out of the workforce following childbirth. To increase women's attachment to work Japan should consider policies to reduce the gender gap in career positions and to provide better support for working mothers. |
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| Notas: | Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed Oct. 22, 2012). "Asia and Pacific Department." "October 2012." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (51 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781475513080 1475513089 |