TY - JOUR
T1 - An International Comparison of Institutional Requisites for Gender Equality
T2 - Why Is the Japanese Gender Gap So Persistent?
AU - Estévez-Abe, Margarita
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2012, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A quarter-century has passed since the enactment of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act in 1985, but the economic status of Japanese women remains well below average as compared with women in other developed nations. This article conducts an international comparison to examine the problems with the employment environment for women in Japan and the efforts taken to address them.
AB - A quarter-century has passed since the enactment of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act in 1985, but the economic status of Japanese women remains well below average as compared with women in other developed nations. This article conducts an international comparison to examine the problems with the employment environment for women in Japan and the efforts taken to address them.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84963596514&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84963596514&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2753/JES1097-203X390305
DO - 10.2753/JES1097-203X390305
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84963596514
SN - 2329-194X
VL - 39
SP - 77
EP - 98
JO - Japanese Political Economy
JF - Japanese Political Economy
IS - 3
ER -