Megumi Niimura
| Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,Department of Human Culture,Global Communication Course | Professor |
Last Updated :2025/10/07
■Researcher basic information
Degree
Research Keyword
■Career
Career
- Sep. 2023 - Present
Hosei University - Apr. 2023 - Present
Teikyo Heisei University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Professor - Apr. 2016 - Present
Hosei University, Faculty of Sustainability Studies, Part-time lecturer - Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023
Teikyo Heisei University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Associate Professor - Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2022
Teikyo Heisei University, Faculty of Modern Life, Associate Professor - Sep. 2017 - Mar. 2018
Tokyo Keizai University, Faculty of Economics, Part-time lecturer - Jun. 2017 - Mar. 2018
Ochanomizu University, Research Assistant - Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2018
Mejiro University, visiting researcher - Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2018
Mejiro University, Part-time lecturer - Apr. 2003 - Mar. 2004
Tohwa University, visiting researcher - Jul. 2001 - Jun. 2002
Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, School of Social Sciences, research affiliate
Educational Background
■Research activity information
Paper
- Changing Employment Structure and Intrahousehold Decision Making of Married Women in India: An Analysis Using an Empowerment Framework
Megumi NIIMURA
Sep. 2024 - Why are economic resources not utilized in 'intra-household decision-making’?: Empowerment of married working women in urban India.
Megumi NIIMURA
Gender Studies, 31 Jul. 2024, [Reviewed] - Employment of Married Women in India:A Decomposition Analysis Focusing on the Individual and Family
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Journal of th Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, 31 Mar. 2022, [Reviewed]
Since the 1990s, India has experienced high economic growth rates, expansion of service industries, and
higher levels of education among women. However, the labor force participation rate among women has
continued to decline in rural areas and stagnate in urban areas. Using National Family Health Survey（ NHFS）
data, this paper examines how the employment of women relates to the education of herself and economic
status such as the education of husbands, as well as family structure. It also sees how the changes in those
factors have contributed to the changes in employment rate between 2006 and 2016. The following findings
were obtained. First, the relationship between education and employment is U-shaped, but the relationship is
at different stages in urban and rural areas. Second, the decline in the employment rate cannot be explained
solely by changes in personal attributes such as the education level of the individual or her husband. Third,
the percentage of women who are “daughters-in-law” has increased in both rural and urban areas and being a
“daughter-in-law” of the household head was associated with non-employment, a trend that has become
stronger in recent years. - Theoretical Framework and Indicators for Measuring Women’s Empowerment: Review of Relevant Micro-indicators of the Demographic and Health Surveys（DHS）
NIIMURA, Megumi
Journal of Social Sciences and Family Studies, 20 Oct. 2021, [Reviewed] - Reviewing the Measurement of Gender Equality / Empowerment - UNDP's Indices and Beyond
NIIMURA, Megumi
30 Mar. 2020 - A Study on the Memoir of an Indian Domestic Worker: "A Life Less Ordinary" ─through the Ideas and Discourse of Spivak, G.C. and Subaltern Studies ─
NIIMURA, Megumi
Mejiro journal of humanities, 2015, [Reviewed] - ILO's Domestic Workers Convention(♯189)
NIIMURA, Megumi
Mejiro journal of social and natural sciences, 2014, [Reviewed]
MISC
- Book Review
NIIMURA, Megumi
The Journal of Population Studies, Sep. 2024, [Invited] - Global Communication Course Students' Motivations to Learn and Study ─ A Focus on Grade Differences ─
Mar. 2024, [Reviewed] - Book Reviews KAIDA Kiyomi, Gender and Development in Africa: Women's Income-generating Activity and Intra-household Decision Making
Megumi NIIMURA
Journal of Ohara Institute for Social Research, May 2022, [Invited] - Examining Empowerment / Gender Equality Indices for International Comparison
Megumi NIIMURA
Summary Records of the Study Group on Population Science, 15 Aug. 2020 - The Effects of Employment and Occupation on empowerment of Married Women in India
Megumi NIIMURA
2017 - Student Learning of Labour Laws in Preparation for Part-Time and Career Job Searches : For the Purpose of Practicing "Principled Negotiation" Techniques
新村 恵美
目白大学高等教育研究, Mar. 2015, [Reviewed]
目白大学教育研究所 - "Empowerment" of Students Through International Volunteer Work : The Importance of Helping as the First-step
新村 恵美
目白大学高等教育研究, Mar. 2012, [Reviewed]
目白大学教育研究所 - マイクロクレジット
2012 - 人形と養子縁組
Jan. 2006 - 「当事者」と「支援者」を近づけるもの
Dec. 2003 - 看板に透けて見える「いま」（こんな国あんな国 インド）
Oct. 2000
Books and other publications
Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
- Employment and Intrahousehold Decision-Making among Urban Married Women: An Analysis of the National Family Health Survey of India (NFHS) Data
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20 Sep. 2024 - 「インド都市の有配偶女性の世帯内意思決定ー経済的リソースはなぜ活かされないのか」
17 Feb. 2024 - インド有配偶女性の世帯内意思決定ー就業、家族構成、自身のお金の管理との関係
07 Jan. 2023 - Employment and employment status and intrahousehold decision-making among Indian married women.
Megumi Niimura
The 74th Annual Meeting of the Population Association of Japan, 12 Jun. 2022 - Employment and Household Decision-Making among Married Women: An Analysis of Individual Data from the Indian Family Health Survey
Megumi Niimura
Study Group on Population Science, 20 Nov. 2021 - “The Impact of Employment on the Empowerment of Married Women: An Analysis of Individual Data from the Indian Family Health Survey”
Megumi Niimura
The 34th Annual Conference Program, The Japanese Association for South Asian Studies (JASAS, 09 Oct. 2021 - 「SDGsとは何か、いかにしてSDGsは生まれたのか？」（人口と持続可能な開発）
09 Jan. 2021, [Invited] - Female Labor Participation and Female Decision- Making Power in Rural and Urban India: Comparison of 2005-2006 and 2015-2016
NIIMURA Megumi
The JASAS 33rd Annual Conference, 04 Oct. 2020 - エンパワーメント・ジェンダー指標の検討ー国際比較のために
16 Mar. 2019 - 㼀he Influence of Employment and Occupation on the Empowerment of Married Women in India
Megumi NIIMURA
10 Jun. 2018 - Married Female Labour Force Participation in India: An Analysis of Micro data in India
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24 Sep. 2017 - 女性の就労と『エンパワーメント』－インドの有配偶就業女性の職種に着目して
16 Sep. 2017 - Married Female Labour Force Participation in India: An Analysis of Micro data
Megumi NIIMURA
Population Association of Japan, 11 Jun. 2017 - 「インドの家事労働者の組織化と社会運動の変遷―歴史社会学的アプローチ」
27 Sep. 2015
Affiliated academic society
Research Themes
- Examination of the relationship between women's employment, empowerment and "acceptance of gender norms"
Teikyo Heisei University
Jul. 2025 - Mar. 2027 - Labor Market, Spousal Matching Institutions and Declining Fertility in East Asia
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Ochanomizu University
21 Oct. 2015 - 31 Mar. 2019
We found that after 2009 and then also after 2013, university graduated women who continues to keep long-term employment increased substantially. Higher supply of child care places, as well as the increase in the child care leave allowance contributed to the increase. Government's initiative targeting overtime work also significantly reduced weekly work hours. However, we found that timing on the second birth lagged for double income couples and that husbands' higher share in domestic work statistically significantly increased second births of working couples. Male's workplace norm affected their domestic work share, implying need for change for workplace norm.
Those without dating partner continues to increase among never-marrieds. Lower income, non-standard work, gap in male-female ratio significantly reduced the probability of one's having a dating partner, while perception of one's parent having good relationship with one another increased positive attited towards mating. - Female Labour Participation and Empowerment in India - focusing on married women and their occupation
Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2018 - 奨学金と若者の経済負担、少子化の課題
2017 - インドの家事労働者 (Domestic Workers)～現状、組織化・法制化の変遷と課題
Apr. 2000 - Mar. 2001
Social Contribution Activities
■University education and qualification information
Qualifications, licenses
- 01 Jun. 2022 - 01 Jun. 2022
Advanced Social Researcher, In addition to the social researcher's courses, she took seminar courses on survey planning and design, multivariate analysis, and qualitative research methods at Ochanomizu University's Graduate School and the University of Tokyo's Graduate School, and submitted a dissertation in which he actually used the methods, which earned him the qualification as a professional researcher. - 01 Jun. 2022 - 01 Jun. 2022
Social Researcher, She obtained certification as a social researcher accredited by the Japanese Association for Social Research. She received credits for required courses in survey design and implementation methods, material and data analysis, statistics necessary for social research, multivariate analysis, and qualitative research and analysis methods from Ochanomizu University and the Japanese Association for Social Research. - 01 Dec. 1991
Interpreter Guide Examination (English), Qualification by the Independent Administrative Institution (at the time: the Agency for Examination Affairs of the Minister of Transport) International Tourism Promotion Organization. In addition to the English proficiency test (written and interview), applicants are required to explain Japanese culture in English, as well as extensive knowledge of Japanese history, economy and society, and general common sense. - 01 Mar. 1990
