Title: TBD
Study: Womenomics 3.0: The Time is Now (Matsui, Suzuki, Eoyang, Akiba, Tatebe, Goldman Sachs 2010)
Finding: TBD
Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by researchers not affiliated with InPower Women. Our Research Index includes all relevant research to the subject of women, business and power. We do not influence how the research was conducted or reported by the researchers. In our abstracts, we focus on pulling out the most actionable advice for individual women. To suggest additional research we should index, or discuss our choice of abstract focus, please contact us
InPower Insight: TBD
Summary:
One key finding shows that while female employment has risen to 60%, 70% of Japanese women still exit their jobs after their first child. Japan’s female employment is one of the lowest among several developed countries such as Norway, where 75% of women work. Moreover, only 65% of college educated women are employed in contrast to 70-90% in other countries. If the percentage of Japanese women employed rose to 80% (that of men), Japan’s GDP would increase by 15%. It was found that obstacles to women’s advancement in the workforce were lack of childcare and nursing support and attention towards gender diversity by companies in the public and private sector, tax distortions, and inflexible immigration laws. The percentage of Japanese women with children under 6 years of age who work is a lowly 34%. In Sweden this number is as high as 76%. The proportion of Japanese children in daycare programs is 28%, lower than that of countries. In Japan the number of women in managerial positions is 9% and women’s wages are 1/3 lower than their male counterparts. Women are discouraged from fully participating in the workplace because historically a man could claim his wife as a dependent as long as she did not earn more than 12, 118 US dollars. Their myth that employing more women decreases the birth rate was also proven to be untrue.
Personal Coaching Tip: TBD
Keywords: Childcare, Japan, Life balance, Tax Distortions
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