Research field (2):
Economic policy
, Gender studies
Research keywords (3):
gender
, gender roles
, Japanese employment system
Research theme for competitive and other funds (11):
2015 - 2019 Causes of maternity harassment and its effect on victims' career
2013 - 2018 Professional Confidence and Career Development for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
2012 - 2016 Theoretical and empirical research on the effect of changes in risk structure on the economic growth.
2011 - 2013 Gender Gap in the Labor Markets : Its Sources and Countermeasures
2009 - 2011 The Analysis on the Essential Structure of Risk Society and the Optimal Policy
2007 - 2009 Research of the causes, impacts and policies on the geographical and specialty area imbalance of medical professionals
2007 - 2009 Research on the Effects of Child Support Measures on Corporate Performance
2007 - 2009 The Reasons for Regional Indifferentials and the policies for reducing them
2004 - 2006 Research on differentials over generations and social system for incentive promotion
1997 - 1998 "On The Relationship between Incentive Regulation for Public Utilities and their Firm Structures"
1996 - 1996 Australian Industry Policy and Japanese MNEs
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Papers (23):
Kimitaka Nishitani, Akira Kawaguchi. What institutional characteristics determine and mitigate gender inequality in the workplace? An empirical analysis of Japanese firms. Women's Studies International Forum. 2023. 97. March-April. 1-14
Akira Kawaguchi. Effects of COVID-19 on employment of working parents: How has the gender gap increased?. Doshisha Policy and Management Review. 2022. 23. 2. 17-33
Akira Kawaguchi. "Maternity harassment in Japan: Why do regular employees have higher risk than non-regular employees do?". Japan and the World Economy. 2019. 49. 84-94
Akira Kawaguchi. Japanese Graduates’ Transition from University to Work and Their Income: A Comparison with Australia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Doshisha Policy and Management Review. 2020. 21. 2. 31-38
Thirty Years after the Enactment of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment. 2017. 77. 5. 56-63
"Effects of Paid and Unpaid Overtime Work on Stress, Earnings, and Happiness," Toshiaki Tachibanaki (ed.) Advances in Happiness Research: A Comparative Perspective
Springer 2016
"Prevalence and couse of maternity harassment: Focusing on gender stereotypes and contributions to organizations"
(The 21st Asian Studies Conference Japan 2017)
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(第5回赤ちゃん学研究拠点セミナー 2016)
"Maternity Harassment: Who Are Victimized and How Can It Be Solved?"
(Japan-Taiwan Joint Workshop on Work-Life Balance and Family Well-being 2016)