This paper examines the effect of a demand-side government intervention on employment of the elderly. The growing gap between the increasing pension eligibility age and mandatory retirement age has emerged as a serious social concern in Japan. Starting 2006, the government legally mandated...

This study examines the effect of availability of accredited childcare centers, the most popular category of publicly licensed childcare centers in Japan, on mothers' employment and earnings. We focus on mothers with children less than two years old, most of whom are returning from parental...