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Non-Regular Female Workers in Japan’s Prolonged Economic Recession: Evidence from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers

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  • Sanae Tashiro

    (Department of Economics and Finance, Rhode Island College, USA)

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Using the 1993-2014 Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers, this paper examined labour force participation and earnings of female workers with non-regular employment by birth cohort. The results confirmed that age and experience generally increased labour force participation of female workers with non-regular employment. Education and parents’ cohabitation with financial sharing reduced labour force participation of part-time female employees, while being married and having children increased it. The reverse results were evident for female employees with fixed-term employment. Estimates also showed that female workers with non-regular employment earnt less than those with regular employment; however, variations in wage differentials across generations were more prominent for female workers with fixed-term employment than those with part-time employment. The returns to education decreased as a cohort progressed, the experience premiums were apparent only for the young cohorts, and an age premium was nonexistent across generations among Japanese female workers.

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  • Sanae Tashiro, 2017. "Non-Regular Female Workers in Japan’s Prolonged Economic Recession: Evidence from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 20(1), pages 23-56.
  • Handle: RePEc:ozl:journl:v:20:y:2017:i:1:p:23-56
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    1. Sanae Tashiro & Stephen Choi, 2021. "Labor market outcomes under digital platform business models in the sharing economy: the case of the taxi services industry," Business Economics, Palgrave Macmillan;National Association for Business Economics, vol. 56(4), pages 240-251, October.

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    Keywords

    Non-Regular Employment; Labour Force Participation; Wage; Cohort;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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