Research Article
A Rational Choice Perspective on “Womenomics” and on the Increasing Phenomenon of Single Women in Japan
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2289658, author={Cut Zita Hardilla Putri and Kurniawaty Iskandar}, title={A Rational Choice Perspective on “Womenomics” and on the Increasing Phenomenon of Single Women in Japan}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies, ICSGS 2018, October 24-26, 2018, Central Jakarta, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICSGS}, year={2019}, month={11}, keywords={late marriage higher education social change womenomics rational choice theory}, doi={10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2289658} }- Cut Zita Hardilla Putri
Kurniawaty Iskandar
Year: 2019
A Rational Choice Perspective on “Womenomics” and on the Increasing Phenomenon of Single Women in Japan
ICSGS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2289658
Abstract
The increasing age of Late married women or choosing unmarried (bankouka) makes serious social problems in Japan. The decline in birth rates contributes to drastic changes in population composition in Japan. There are several factors that cause unmarried women in Japan, such as education, good careers, and government policy towards women in Japan.The womenomics policy in Japan as an effort to create gender equality through education and the world of work for women has created a dilemma. On the one hand women are required to be an intellectual but patriarchal system that restricts, encouraging Japanese women to demand freedom. This study analyzes higher education as a rational choice for Japanese women in realizing womenomics policies. While women's opportunities in the public sector are inversely proportional to their role in the domestic sector. This research uses qualitative method by using the result of secondary data in journal.The results of the analysis of this study indicate that higher education strongly affects the decision of women in choosing to delay even the decision not to marry at all.
