Abstract
This chapter describes sex-based discrimination trends in Japan and proposes hypotheses that might explain these trends. Section 2 briefly describes the official statistics that provide the source of the data analyzed throughout this chapter. Section 3 describes trends in Japan's gender wage gap from 1965 to 2005, demonstrating that the gender wage gap has dramatically decreased although not disappeared. To explain this development, it proposes a hypothesis that highlights the effect of educational attainment on wages. Section 4 compares the proportions of full-time or regular employees who are unmarried women and married women, analyzing the difference between these two proportions during this time period. The results suggest that the marriage bar remains a source of sex-based discrimination. Section 5 discusses the research that is necessary to improve understanding of sex discrimination in Japan.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Discrimination in an Unequal World |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780199866144 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780199732166 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 Sep 1 |
Keywords
- Japan
- Married women
- Sex discrimination
- Single women
- Wage gap
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)