Can Women Save Japan?

Steinberg, Chad; Nakane, Masato

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“…Child allowances are also expected to affect women's labor force participation decision. As discussed in Jaumotte (2003) and Steinberg and Nakane (2012), however, the effectiveness of these allowances on participation rates is ambiguous. They are effective only for low-income households where the households' liquidity is constrained.…”

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What Can Boost Female Labor Force Participation in Asia?

Kinoshita¹,

Guo²

2015

IMF Working Papers

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This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate.Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a rapidly aging population. Though FLFP has generally been on a rising trend, the female labor force in both countries is skewed towards non-regular employment despite women's high education levels. This paper empirically examines what helps Japan and Korea to increase FLFP by type (i.e., regular vs. non-regular employment), using the SVAR model. In so doing, we compare these two Asian countries with two Nordic countries Norway and Finland. The main findings are: (i) child cash allowances tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap encourages more non-regular employment, (iii) a greater proportion of regular female employment is associated with higher fertility, and (iv) there is a need for more public spending on childcare for age 6-11 in Japan and Korea to help women continue to work.

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“…2013;Goldman Sachs 2014). Second, past studies mostly utilize cross-country data to study female labor market participation (Kogel, 2004;Steinberg and Nakane, 2012). To our knowledge, this is one of the first studies utilizing the SVAR model to analyze this issue.…”

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What Can Boost Female Labor Force Participation in Asia?

Kinoshita¹,

Guo²

2015

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“…The potential economic and social benefits of narrowing the gender gap in all fronts has been widely documented in the literature. The benefits of increasing female labor force participation include, but are not limited to, an increase in the country's GDP (Aguirre et al, 2012), a labor force with better skills (Steinberg and Nakane, 2012), and poverty reduction in developing economies (Heintz, 2006), among others. Higher female labor force participation could also translate into higher school enrollment rates among children, particularly among girls, potentially encouraging future labor force participation (Miller, 2008).…”

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The Economics of the Gender Wage Gap in Armenia

Chamussy¹,

Sinha²,

Atencio³

2018

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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“…Since about 70 percent of non-regular workers are women in Japan, reducing duality would also increase the number of women in regular positions, creating synergies with reforms aimed at increasing female labor participation, which are important to raise potential growth (see Steinberg and Nakane 2012).…”

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IMF Research Bulletin, December 2013

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Credit rating agencies face a difficult tradeoff between delivering both accurate and stable ratings. While ratings should provide the most accurate estimate of the corresponding default risk of an underlying asset, users of ratings often prefer that they do not change too frequently. Rating agencies therefore generally assign ratings on a more stable "through-the-cycle" basis whereas banks' internal valuations are often based on a "point-in-time" perspective, reflecting the current value of a rated entity's or instrument's underlying assets. This article summarizes recent research that compares the two approaches and assesses their impact on rating stability and accuracy.

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Can Women Save Japan?

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What Can Boost Female Labor Force Participation in Asia?

What Can Boost Female Labor Force Participation in Asia?

The Economics of the Gender Wage Gap in Armenia

IMF Research Bulletin, December 2013

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