The Causal Effect of Family Structure on Labor Force Participation among Japanese Married Women
发现，在控制内生性后，与父母或公婆同住显著提高了日本已婚女性的劳动参与率，因为同住分担了家务；同时，丈夫是长子时更可能与公婆同住，反映了传统价值观的延续。
This paper finds that after controlling for the endogeneity offamily structure, coresidence with one's own parents or in-laws has a significant positive effect on Japanese married women's labor force participation. This suggests that coresidence allows married women to share the burden of household work with their parents or in-laws, thus leading to the increased probability of labor force participation. It is also found that married women are more likely to reside with parents-in-law if their husband is the eldest son. This suggests the persistence of the traditional Japanese value that the eldest son is more responsible for family matters.