#  Hilary Holbrow, “Tainted Leave: Flexible Workplace Policies and Gender Inequality in Japan” 

 



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 **October 30, 2023** 

 12:00PM - 01:00PM EDT 

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 **Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom)**  



 

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 [Hilary Holbrow](https://ealc.indiana.edu/people/holbrow-hilary.html)  
Assistant Professor of Japanese Politics and Society, Indiana University Bloomington

 Moderator: [Mary C. Brinton](https://scholar.harvard.edu/brinton/home)  
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  


1. Holbrow, Hilary J. [“Japanʹs Successes in Boosting Birthrates Should not be Overlooked.”](https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japan-s-%20successes-in-boosting-birthrates-should-not-be-overlooked) Nikkei Asia. February 6, 2023.
2. Holbrow, Hilary J. [“Japanʹs Women Will Not Reach Workplace Equality by Starting at the Top.”](https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japan%E2%80%90s%E2%80%90%20women%E2%80%90will%E2%80%90not%E2%80%90reach%E2%80%90workplace%E2%80%90equality%E2%80%90by%E2%80%90starting%E2%80%90at%E2%80%90the%E2%80%90top%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20) Nikkei Asia. December 26, 2022.
3. Kato Takao, Kawaguchi Daiji, and Owan Hideo, ["Dynamics of the Gender Gap in the Workplace: An econometric case study of a large Japanese firm."](https://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/summary/13050002.html) RIETI Discussion Paper Series 13-E-038, 2013.

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