02052cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015096 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498329750 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Kinoshita, Yuko. What Can Boost Female Labor Force Participation in Asia? / Yuko Kinoshita, Fang Guo. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (39 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a rapidly aging population. Though FLFP has generally been on a rising trend, the female labor force in both countries is skewed towards non-regular employment despite women's high education levels. This paper empirically examines what helps Japan and Korea to increase FLFP by type (i.e., regular vs. non-regular employment), using the SVAR model. In so doing, we compare these two Asian countries with two Nordic countries Norway and Finland. The main findings are: (i) child cash allowances tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap encourages more non-regular employment, (iii) a greater proportion of regular female employment is associated with higher fertility, and (iv) there is a need for more public spending on childcare for age 6-11 in Japan and Korea to help women continue to work. Mode of access: Internet Guo, Fang. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/056 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2015/056/001.2015.issue-056-en.xml IMF e-Library