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SUMMARY:Curriculum and gender norms: the effect of co-education of home ec
 onomics. A seminar by Hiromi Hara (with Nuria Rodriguez-Planas)
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nThis study examines the causal effect of educationa
 l policy on people's attitudes toward traditional gender roles through the
  study of a 1989 national educational reform in Japan in which home econom
 ics became a co-educational subject\, having previously been taken only by
  girls. Using a regression discontinuity design and microdata from a Japan
 ese time-use survey\, we examined whether co-educational classes in home e
 conomics have increased husbands' participation in domestic production. We
  found a sharp increase in both the amount and the share of the typical hu
 sband's household production at the cutoff point (the cohort born in the 1
 977 academic year)\, indicating that husbands who had studied home economi
 cs in junior high school later contribute more to household production tha
 n those who did not. In addition\, wives who had studied it together with 
 boys work in the labor market more intensively than those who did not. Thi
 s implies that by providing both men and women with a more equitable view 
 of gender role divisions\, co-education can lead to increased male partici
 pation in activities previously seen as women's role and increased female 
 participation in activities traditionally seen as men's role. The study al
 so validates the role of education in reshaping social norms. \n\nAbout Hi
 romi Hara\n\nHiromi Hara is an associate professor of Economics at Japan W
 omen’s University. Previously\, she served as a vice researcher at the J
 apan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (2003-2012). She received an
  M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Tokyo. Her research fi
 eld is labour economics\, and her current research interest is in job trai
 ning and gender differences.\n\nTea and Coffee will be provided prior to t
 he start of the Seminar.  RSVP is not required
CATEGORIES:Wellington
LOCATION: RH105\, Level 1\, Rutherford House\, VUW\, 23 Lambton Quay\, Well
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