Hilary Holbrow, “Tainted Leave: Flexible Workplace Policies and Gender Inequality in Japan”
Date and Time
October 30, 2023
12:00PM - 01:00PM EDT
Location
Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom)
Hilary Holbrow
Assistant Professor of Japanese Politics and Society, Indiana University Bloomington
Moderator: Mary C. Brinton
Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology; the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies; and the Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
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Additional Resources
- Holbrow, Hilary J. “Japanʹs Successes in Boosting Birthrates Should not be Overlooked.” Nikkei Asia. February 6, 2023.
- Holbrow, Hilary J. “Japanʹs Women Will Not Reach Workplace Equality by Starting at the Top.” Nikkei Asia. December 26, 2022.
- Kato Takao, Kawaguchi Daiji, and Owan Hideo, "Dynamics of the Gender Gap in the Workplace: An econometric case study of a large Japanese firm." RIETI Discussion Paper Series 13-E-038, 2013.