Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Gender Gap in Parental Leave Among Physicians in Japan
Originally published 2024-05-03 · Women's Health Reports
SAGE Publications · DOI 10.1089/whr.2023.0126 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Documents a large gender gap in physicians’ leave uptake, prompting employers to ask whether nominally available leave is socially usable for fathers.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
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Is parental leave a credible option for fathers as well as mothers?
Documents a large gender gap in physicians’ leave uptake, prompting employers to ask whether nominally available leave is socially usable for fathers.
Study context
Male and female physicians in Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare national data.
Age / stage: Adult physicians; parental-leave uptake.
Read with three questions
- What denominator was used to calculate the physician leave-taking rates?
- How consistent was the gender gap across years and prefectures?
- What additional evidence would distinguish policy entitlement from workplace pressure?
Keep the limits in view
Aggregate workforce rates describe uptake rather than parents’ preferences, eligibility or caregiving time; the analysis cannot explain the mechanisms behind the gender gap.
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Kayo Fukami (2024). Gender Gap in Parental Leave Among Physicians in Japan Women's Health Reports. https://doi.org/10.1089/whr.2023.0126
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