"Womenomics" in Japan In Brief

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business cycles.

Discrimination in employment.

Economic policy.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Provides background on historically high gender gap in Japanese workforce, and surveys economic arguments to close the gender gap to revitalize Japanese economy after years of slow growth. Explains Prime Minister Shinzo Abe "womenomics" strategy to boost economic growth through reforms and policies to encourage participation and advancement of women in the workforce, as part of larger "Abenomics" economic reform program. Considers prospects and challenges for womenomics implementation

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. "Womenomics" in Japan

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-FDT-0474

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