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When wives work, consumption rises accordingly -- spending rises for household services, eating out, female clothing and social expenses. It will lead to the positive cycle that Abenomics is aiming fo

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Miki Ohata, an economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co in Tokyo. He says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy of scaling back tax benefits for spouses with limited earnings will aid his efforts to achieve sustained growth in the long term. (Bloomberg)

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When a female ex-coworker took one year maternity leave, I've had numerous other ex-coworkers asking me whether I think she should have her job back after one year, as they're very sure that she will no longer be able to work after one year of leave.

So, yeah, much as Abe wants this to happen, the mentality of the society against wives coming back to work will be the biggest wall.

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The thing is, wives won't be able to go back to work if Abe doesn't get his butt in gear and get more daycares built. It's great to bleat over and over again about more women working but unti Abe and his little merry band of idiots addresses the child care issue, nothing will change. Japan has had YEARS to sort this out and yet, waitlists all over the place.

And yes, attitudes about mat/pat leave need to change. Don't see that happening anytime soon.

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More wives working mean more "latch key kids" coming home to empty houses after school (if they even bother to GO to school).

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Yes because if mom works the kids refuse to go to school, right? Good lord, where do folks come up with this stuff? Having a mom home doesn't mean their kids turn out perfect and normal. If that were the case, Japan wouldn't suffer from teenage shut ins, bullying issues and kids refusing to go to school. And if you look at the average time Taro spends away from home in JHS/HS, you'd see that mom often gets home before they do in the evening/night.

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How do Chiba and Kanagawa Prefs. do it? No waiting lists for daycare...

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