The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies
June 2019(No.707)
Empirical Evidence regarding Childcare and Child Raising and Employment

CONTENTS

OPINION

The Imperative of Combining Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality
Policies
Machiko Osawa

ARTICLESAbstracts June 2019(No.707) (PDF:414KB)

Did Increasing Childcare Availability Raise the Female Employment Rate and
Birth Rate? An Evaluation of the Recent Childcare Policy in Japan
Taiyo Fukai
Unintended Consequences of Childcare Policies
Shintaro Yamaguchi
Supply-Demand Balance and Policy Issues of Childcare Services:
GIS-based Geo-Visualization Approach
Hitoshi Miyazawa
Yoshiki Wakabayashi
Time Allocation within a Household
Miki Kohara
Introduction: Breastfeeding Practice and Parental Employment
Emiko Usui
Miki Kobayashi
The “First-Grade Barrier” and After-School Care in Japan
Reo Takaku

NOTE

Measuring the Effectiveness of Career Education Using a Natural Experiment:
Effects of Career Education on Student’s Career Consciousness
Tomotaka Hirao

BOOK NOTE

Iris Bohnet WORK DESIGN What Works :Gender Equality by Design
Hiromi Hara

ARTICLE TODAY

Leonardo Bursztyn and Robert Jensen
“How Does Peer Pressure Affect Educational Investment?”
Masayuki Yagasaki

FIELD EYE

Labour Force Participation and Fertility Rates
Hiroyo Tokoro