Why not Choose a Better Job? Flexibility, Social Norms, and Gender Gaps in Japan
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Keywords
Gender wage gap; social norms; job inflexibility; home production.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GEN-2024-04-22 (Gender)
- NEP-LMA-2024-04-22 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-SOC-2024-04-22 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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