Gender Wage/Income Differentials in Britain and Japan : Bridging individuals and households

本研究利用性别统计资料，在一定程度上可以达到初步研究的目的。(1)对性别工资差异的审查揭示了布林德-瓦哈卡分解技术的固有局限性，这应有助于更准确地计算劳动力市场的性别歧视。(2)通过使用日本和英国的个人数据，对妻子和丈夫的收入构成和收入分配比例进行的审查表明，英国在劳动力市场和家庭中的性别平等方面领先于日本。(3)在调查表和政府工资/收入统计数据的多交叉制表方面需要做一些改进，以便更好地进行性别分析。

This project could satisfy the initial research objectives, to some degree, using the gender statistics.(1) An examination of gender wage differentials reveals inherent limitations in the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Technique, which should contribute more accurate calculation of gender discrimination in the labour market.(2) An examination of income composition and ratio of income sharing between wife and husband shows that Britain was some steps ahead of Japan in gender equality in both labour markets and households, by using the individual data of Japan and Britain.(3) Some improvements need to be done in terms of questionnaire and multi-cross tabulation of government statistics on wages/income, for better gender analysis.