Research keywords (5):
Birth Timing
, Fertility
, Female Labor
, Social Policy
, Labor Economics
Research theme for competitive and other funds (6):
2014 - 現在 東アジアの少子化、配偶者マッチング機構と労働市場
2019 - 2022 Labor Practice, Gender Wage Gap and Fertility
2018 - 奨学金と若者の経済負担、少子化の課題
2016 - 2017 奨学金と若者の経済負担、少子化の課題
2013 - 2016 U.S.-Japan Comparison of Labor Market and Internal Labor Markets and the Effect on Female Labor, Fertility and Child Bearing
2008 - 2012 Work and Life Balance from Gender-Sensitive Perspectives: Designing Work Style that Enables Career Development, Family and Community Activities program
NAGASE Nobuko, LEHDONVIRTA Vili, OHTA Yuji, SHE Lulu, HERTOG Ekaterina, SHIMADA Yoshiko. The Future of AI Technology and Housework: Why Do Japanese Male Experts Predict Less Household Automation than U.K.-based Experts in a Delphi Survey?. THE ECONOMIC REVIEW. 2024. 75. 1. 1-20
Nobuko Nagase. Dilemma the Japanese Male Workers faces for maintaining income for family and taking time for family: the Japanese Employment Rules of “Fast Track Course” and Social Insurance Protection Rules that favors Breadwinner and Dependent-Housewife Couples. Journal of Social Security Research. 2023. 8. 3. 270-294
HERTOG E, FUKUDA S, MATSUKURA R, NAGASE N, LEHDONVIRTA V. The future of unpaid work: Estimating the effects of automation on time spent on housework and care work in Japan and the UK. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2023
LEHDONVIRTA V, SHI L P, HERTOG E, NAGASE N, OHTA Y. The future(s) of unpaid work: How susceptible do experts from different backgrounds think the domestic sphere is to automation?. PLOS ONE. 2023
“Women and Family in Japan: Institutions Supporting Breadwinner-Carer model resulting in Gender Wage Gap and Low Fertility"
(Japan Economy Network 2024)