出版社：Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
摘要：In this paper, I survey the literature on the impact of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act (EEOA) on labor market outcomes of women in Japan. The findings are as follows. First, after the enactment of the EEOA, regular full-time employment rose among highly educated women younger than age 40. Second, examined separately by marital status, regular full-time employ-ment did not increase for either married or single women, compared with their predecessors. These patterns reflect the fact that the marriage rates of highly educated women fell after passage of the EEOA. Third, the female-to-male wage ratio and the ratio of average tenure of female workers to that of male workers improved, mainly for less-educated women over age 40, but not for highly educated young women. Finally, there are regional differences in the increases in regular employment of highly educated women: namely, it in-creased significantly in Tokyo
