Can women save Japan? / prepared by Chad Steinberg and Masato Nakane.

Japan's potential growth rate is steadily falling with the aging of its population. This paper explores the extent to which raising female labor participation can help slow this trend. Using a cross-country database we find that smaller families, higher female education, and lower marriage rate...

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Main Author: Steinberg, Chad
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Department
Other Authors: Nakane, Masato
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2012.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/12/248.
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