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Childcare Balancing Policy in Japanese Corporations and Women’s Fertility Intention

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  • Yerong Zhao

    (Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University, Kawauchi 27-1, Aoba Ward, Sendai 980-8576, Miyagi, Japan)

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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the childcare balancing policy and women’s fertility intention in Japanese corporations. This paper constructed two logistic regression models based on data from the 2010 Japanese Life Course Survey of Youth to analyze the correlation between childcare balancing policies and women’s fertility intentions. The binary logistic regression method was used. The results showed that women’s fertility intention is negatively associated with the childcare balancing policy in Japanese corporations. This may be because the research object already had a child or children. The results indicate that the fertility intention of women who had a child or children was lower than those without children. This paper discovered that regular employees had higher fertility intentions than non-regular staff. This paper provides policymakers with valuable insights on establishing effective childcare policies to enhance women’s fertility intentions.

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  • Yerong Zhao, 2024. "Childcare Balancing Policy in Japanese Corporations and Women’s Fertility Intention," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-14, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:13:y:2024:i:3:p:175-:d:1360575
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    1. Kohara, Miki & Maity, Bipasha, 2021. "The Impact of Work-Life Balance Policies on the Time Allocation and Fertility Preference of Japanese Women," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).
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