Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies, ICSGS 2018, October 24-26, 2018, Central Jakarta, Indonesia

Research Article

A Rational Choice Perspective on “Womenomics” and on the Increasing Phenomenon of Single Women in Japan

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  • @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
Cut Zita Hardilla Putri1,*, Kurniawaty Iskandar1
  • 1: School of Strategic and Global Studies, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
*Contact email: zitahp2@gmail.com

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.