Working Paper: NBER ID: w1783
Authors: Tadashi Yamada; Tetsuji Yamada; Frank Chaloupka
Abstract: Using a multanornial logistic approach, we analyze the inter-dependencies among the labor force participation decisions of married women an Japan. These decisions are working part-time,working full-time, being unemployed (in the labor market but unable to find work), and not participating. Our focus is on the interdependency between the decision to work part-time and the decision to work full-time. Our results indicate that married women working full-time view part-time work as a good substitute, but the reverse is not observed. We also obtain estimates of the own-wage elasticity for both forms of participation and find that part-time labor force particicipation of Japanese married women is substantially more elastic than that of their full-time counterparts. These findings reinforce the view that married women in Japan with loose ties to the labor market are quite responsive to changes in the returns to work.
Keywords: labor force participation; Japanese women; multinomial logistic model
JEL Codes: J22; J13
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| full-time women's wages (J31) | full-time participation (J22) |
| full-time women's wages (J31) | part-time participation (J22) |
| part-time women's wages (J31) | part-time participation (J22) |
| part-time women's wages (J31) | full-time participation (J22) |
| men's wages (J31) | full-time participation (J22) |
| men's wages (J31) | part-time participation (J22) |
| unemployment rate (J64) | full-time participation (J22) |
| unemployment rate (J64) | part-time participation (J22) |
| full-time participation (J22) | part-time participation (J22) |