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Long-Term Consequences of Teaching Gender Roles: Evidence from Desegregating Industrial Arts and Home Economics in Japan

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  • Hiromi Hara
  • Núria Rodríguez-Planas

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This paper explores whether a 1990 reform that eliminated gender-segregated and gender normative industrial arts and home economics classes in Japanese junior high schools led to behavioral changes two decades later, when students were married and in their early 40s. Using a regression discontinuity design and Japanese time use data from 2016, we find that the reform narrowed gender gaps in weekend home production and job-related activities by increasing (decreasing) men’s engagement in traditionally female (male) activities, reduced the gender income gap by increasing women’s access to better jobs, delayed men’s fertility, and relaxed women’s attitudes toward traditional gender roles.

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  • Hiromi Hara & Núria Rodríguez-Planas, 2025. "Long-Term Consequences of Teaching Gender Roles: Evidence from Desegregating Industrial Arts and Home Economics in Japan," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 43(2), pages 349-389.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jlabec:doi:10.1086/728428
    DOI: 10.1086/728428
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