In Japan, women less tech savvy than men.(Research Notes and News)

In Japan, women less tech savvy than men.(Research Notes and News)

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March 22, 2004 | Copyright

The prevalence of women in part-time and contingent jobs in Japan has contributed to Japanese women having lower levels of information technology skills than Japanese men. In particular, Japan has larger gender differences in wages, labor force participation, and occupational distribution than the United States does. The lack of computer skills can lead to social exclusion as well as economic penalties, and groups that have reduced levels of IT skills risk being excluded from job and educational opportunities as well as losing political influence as computers and the Internet become increasingly important to how people live and work.

Authors Hiroshi Ono and Madeline Zavodny considered the 1997-2001 period to examine differences and trends in computer and Internet usage in the two countries. …

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