Guilt, Gender, and Work-Life Balance in Japan: A Choice Experiment

November 27, 2019

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Chie Aoyagi, and Alistair Munro. Guilt, Gender, and Work-Life Balance in Japan: A Choice Experiment, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2019) accessed December 26, 2024

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Summary

The quantification of how aspects of a job are valued by employees sheds light on the potential for labor market reform in Japan. Using a nationwide sample of 1,046 working-age adults, we conduct a choice experiment that examines individuals’ willingness to trade wages against job characteristics such as the extent of overtime, job security, the possibility of work transfer and relocation. Our results suggest that: i) workers have high WTP (willingness to pay) to avoid extreme overtime and work transfer, ii) women have higher WTP than men, and iii) higher WTP for women are driven in part by feelings of guilt.

Subject: Education, Gender, Income, Labor, National accounts, Wages, Women

Keywords: D overtime, Gender wage gap, Income, Job characteristic, Overtime pay, Wage difference, Wages, Women, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

38
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Working Paper No. 2019/261
Stock No:

WPIEA2019261
ISBN:

9781513515342
ISSN:

1018-5941

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