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Gender Inequality and Its Irrationality: Implications from the Analytical Results

In: Gender Inequalities in the Japanese Workplace and Employment

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  • Kazuo Yamaguchi

    (University of Chicago)

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In this final chapter, we discuss the implications of the following eight specific problems based on the analytical results of the previous chapters: (1) the proportion of women in managerial positions and indirect discrimination; (2) statistical discriminationStatistical discrimination , the self-fulfilling prophecySelf-fulfilling prophecy , and the low productivity of female labor; (3) stereotyping women’s occupations; (4) long work hours and opportunities for women; (5) diversity managementDiversity management and policies for the empowerment of womenEmpowerment of women in the workplace; (6) employment statusEmployment status and the wage gap; (7) application of the Act on the Promotion of Success in theAct on the Promotion of Success in the Working Career of Women Working Careers of Women; and (8) important points when considering gender equality of opportunity.

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  • Kazuo Yamaguchi, 2019. "Gender Inequality and Its Irrationality: Implications from the Analytical Results," Advances in Japanese Business and Economics, in: Gender Inequalities in the Japanese Workplace and Employment, chapter 8, pages 229-260, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:advchp:978-981-13-7681-8_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7681-8_8
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