An International Comparison of Gender Equality: Why Is the Japanese Gender Gap So Persistent?  

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Abe, Margarita E.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Japan Labor Review vol. 10 no. 2 (2013), page 82-100.
Topik: Comparison of Gender Equality; Japan; US and Spain
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When it comes to gender equality, Japan lags behind other advanced countries despite the introduction of Equal Employment Opportunity Act in 1985. This article discusses institutional conditions that promote gender quality in the market place, and shows those conditions are largely lacking in Japan. Gener¬ ally speaking, many consider Scandinavian countries as vanguards of gender equality. These countries have adopted extensive policy support enabling mothers to balance work and family. This article argues that mother-friendly policies are not the only factors that explain the relative economic position of men and women. It uses the US and Spain in order to highlight different insti¬ tutional scenarios to promote gender equality. The economic position of Span¬ ish women used to be as low as that in Japan. More specifically, this article discusses the equalizing effects of the following institutional conditions: (i) strong anti-discrimination laws matched with class action suits, (ii) the pres¬ ence of professionally-oriented educational systems that allow women with academic abilities entry into high status occupations; (iii) market conditions that enable women to outsource their uFB H and (iv) availabil- ity of contraceptive methods that give women control over their reproductive decisions.

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