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标题：Does Asymmetric Information Influence the Wage Differential between Men and Women?
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作者：Masahiro Abe
期刊名称：Japan Labor Review
印刷版ISSN：1348-9364
出版年度：2006
卷号：3
期号：4
出版社：Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
摘要：In 1975, the regularcash earnings of female employees were only 58.9, when assuming that those of male employees were 100. In 2004, the regularcash earnings of women is still only 67.6, and thus the wage differential between men and women still exists today in Japan. During this period, both the Equal Employment Opportunity Law (implemented in 1986 and revised in 1996) and the Law Concerning the Welfare of Workers Who Take Care of Children or Other Family Members Including Child Care and Family Care Leave (implemented in 1991 and revised in 1996) were established and enforced in Japan, and the employment environment for women has gradually improved. Though the participation rate of women in the labor force was 45.7 percent in 1975, it was 48.3 percent in 2004, a 2.6 percent increase. In addition, more women are now receiving higher education in the same way as men. The percentage of women advancing on to university, which was 2.4 percent (13.1 percent for men) in 1955, rose to 33.8 percent (47.0 percent for men) in 2002. Yet even though the employment environment for women has improved and it is considered that participation of well-educated, skilled women in the labor force has increased, why does this remarkable wage differential between men and women still exist