Why Does Japanese Fertility Remain So Low? Lessons from a Misguided Policy Approach – Mary Brinton, Harvard University
Mergenthaler 526Why Does Japanese Fertility Remain So Low? Lessons from a Misguided Policy Approach. Japanese government policies to increase mothers’ labor force participation and simultaneously raise the country’s very low birth rate have met with mixed success. Meanwhile, gender inequality in Japan has remained higher than in nearly every other postindustrial country. Why? In this talk […]