title: Marriage and labor market discrimination in Japan.
abstract: "Many Japanese firms have engaged in the practice of compulsory retirement upon a female employee's marriage.  In 1966, this practice was ruled as being contrary to provisions in Japan's Civil Code.  [The authors] have specified and estimated a model of the economic determinants of age at marriage in order to analyze the effect that this discrimination has had on nuptiality in Japan.  [The] results indicate that on average, after accounting for an upward trend, women who married after the 1966 court decision married about one year younger than women who married before 1966."   It is also found that age at marriage is influenced by several socioeconomic variables, including wife's wage and educational level, husband's income and educational level, and wife's family background.  Data are from a 1975 survey of women aged 20-59 who were living in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D007564:Japan; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012106:Research; D012179:Retirement; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014933:Women's Rights
keywords: Asia; Developed Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Educational Status; Employment Status--women; Family Characteristics; Human Resources; Income; Japan; Labor Force--women; Legislation; Marital Status; Marriage; Marriage Age--women; Marriage Patterns; Models, Theoretical; Nuptiality; Research Methodology; Retirement--women; Social Change; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Wages; Women's Status