The Journal of Population Studies
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  • Estimation of Wage and Labor Supply for Japanese Female Clerical Workers Post the Equal Employment Opportunity Law : Comparative Analysis for 1992, 1997, and 2002
    Eriko TERAMURA
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 48 Pages 6-22
    Published: June 30, 2012
    Released on J-STAGE: September 12, 2017
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.24454/jps.48.0_6
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS
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    This study examines the employment and wage structure of Japanese female clerical workers using resampled micro dataset from the Employment Status Survey (1992, 1997, and 2002), furnished by the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Statistics Bureau. This study examines whether female clerical workers continued working since the enforcement of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law in 1986, and, if so, whether their wage growth rates increased because of their higher education levels. The main results of this study are as follows : 1) Female clerical workers range from young workers, who work until marriage or childbirth, to middle-aged workers. Moreover, the number of part-time clerical workers has increased since late 1990. 2) The estimation of wage function suggests that wages of female clerical workers are gradually declining since 1997. This trend is identified for both regular and part-time employees. In particular, wages of part-time clerical workers have tended to decline. 3) Among the five types of clerical workers, accounting clerical workers earn the highest wages, while most other clerical workers earn low wages after reaching 40 years of age. 4) From 1992 to 2002, there has been an increase in the number of female clerical workers with higher education levels. However, most female clerical workers have not been reemployed either because of marriage or childbirth. This study demonstrates that highly educated female clerical workers are underutilized, and that renewed efforts are required to strategize the effective utilization of these female workers.
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