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33 IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17982

Gender Differences in Children’s Extracurricular Activities: Japanese Parental Preference for STEM Activities for Sons

Rikiya Matsukura, Takashi Oshio, Yuko Ueno, Emiko Usui

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17878

Estimating the Green Wage Premium

Wenjing Kuai, Robert J. R. Elliott, Toshihiro Okubo, Ceren Ozgen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17583

The Impact of Overtime Limits on Firms and Workers: Evidence from Japan's Work Style Reform

Gabriel Burdin, Ryo Kambayashi, Takao Kato

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16536

Desperately Seeking a Japanese Yokozuna

Giorgio Brunello, Eiji Yamamura

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16310

Education and Later-Life Mortality: Evidence from a School Reform in Japan

Kazuya Masuda, Hitoshi Shigeoka

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14086

Estimating the Effects of the Minimum Wage Using the Introduction of Indexation

Daiji Kawaguchi, Yuko Mori

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, 184, 388-408.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13155

Labour Market Institutions, Technology and Rent Sharing

Kyoji Fukao, Cristiano Perugini, Fabrizio Pompei

published as 'Labour market regimes, technology and rent-sharing in Japan' in: Economic Modelling, 2022, 112, 105856

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12565

The Yen Exchange Rate and the Hollowing Out of the Japanese Industry

Ansgar H. Belke, Ulrich Volz

published in: Open Economic Review, 2020, 31, 371 - 406

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12554

Displacement, Diversity, and Mobility: Career Impacts of Japanese American Internment

Jaime Arellano-Bover

published in: Journal of Economic History, 2022, 82 (1), 126-174

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12528

The Early Life Influences of Teachers' Genders on Later Life Charitable Giving: Evidence from the Natural Disasters in Japan

Eiji Yamamura, Nattavudh Powdthavee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12133

Stalled Racial Progress and Japanese Trade in the 1970s and 1980s

Mary Kate Batistich, Timothy N. Bond

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2023, 90 (6), 2792–2821,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10420

Countering Public Opposition to Immigration: The Impact of Information Campaigns

Giovanni Facchini, Yotam Margalit, Hiroyuki Nakata

published in: European Economic Review, 2022, 141, 103959

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9620

Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed?

Emiko Usui, Satoshi Shimizutani, Takashi Oshio

published in: Japanese Economic Review, 2016, 67 (2), 150 - 168

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9620

Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed?

Emiko Usui, Satoshi Shimizutani, Takashi Oshio

published in: Japanese Economic Review, 2016, 67 (2), 150 - 168

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9379

Work-Life Balance Practices, Performance-Related Pay, and Gender Equality in the Workplace: Evidence from Japan

Takao Kato, Naomi Kodama

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8870

The Educational Upgrading of Japanese Youth, 1982-2007: Are All Japanese Youth Ready for Structural Reforms?

Yoichi Arai, Hidehiko Ichimura, Daiji Kawaguchi

published in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2015, 37, 100-126

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8350

Pappa Ante Portas: The Retired Husband Syndrome in Japan

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello

published: Social Science and Medicine, 2017, 175, 135 - 142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8116

Breastfeeding Practices and Parental Employment in Japan

Miki Kobayashi, Emiko Usui

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, 15 (2), 579–596

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7836

Corporate Sports Activity and Work Morale: Evidence from a Japanese Automobile Maker

Masaru Sasaki, Fumio Ohtake

published in: Journal of Behavioral Economics and Finance, 2013, 6, 37-46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7077

Is Longer Unemployment Rewarded with Longer Job Tenure?

Miki Kohara, Masaru Sasaki, Tomohiro Machikita

published in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2013, 29, 44-56

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7045

Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in Japan among Sons and Daughters: Levels and Trends

Arnaud Lefranc, Fumiaki Ojima, Takashi Yoshida

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27 (1), 91-134

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6666

Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, and the Great Recession: Lessons from Japan's Lost Decade

Ryo Kambayashi, Takao Kato

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6183

Long-term Employment and Job Security over the Last Twenty-Five Years: A Comparative Study of Japan and the U.S.

Ryo Kambayashi, Takao Kato

revised version published as 'Long-Term Employment and Job Security over the Past 25 Years: A Comparative Study of Japan and the United States' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2017, 70 (2), 359 -394

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5517

Japan and Her Dealings with Offshoring: An Empirical Analysis with Aggregate Data

Pablo Agnese

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5386

Job Mobility in Europe, Japan and the U.S.

Lex Borghans, Bart H.H. Golsteyn

published as 'Job Mobility in Europe, Japan and the United States' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2012, 50 (3), 436-456

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5081

Labor-Market Attachment and Training Participation

Toshie Ikenaga, Daiji Kawaguchi

published in: Japanese Economic Review, 2013, 64 (1), 73–97

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4956