The political economy of Japan's low fertility /

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This study takes an interdisciplinary approach to one of Japan's thorniest public policy issues: why are women increasingly foregoing motherhood? The authors argue that the combination of an inhospitable labour market for women and insufficient support for childcare pushes women toward working...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rosenbluth, Frances McCall
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Fertility, Human > Japan.
Women > Japan > Social conditions.
Women > Japan > Economic conditions.
Fécondité humaine > Japon.
Femmes > Japon > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Japon > Conditions économiques.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Fertility, Human
Women > Economic conditions
Women > Social conditions
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Fertilität
Soziale Situation
Frau
Vruchtbaarheid.
Economische aspecten.
Japan
Japan.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and overview. The political economy of low fertility / Frances McCall Rosenbluth ; Women's economic status and fertility: Japan in cross-national perspective / Sawako Shirahase
  • Constraints on the demand for female labor. Gendering the varieties of capitalism: gender bias in skills and social policy / Margarita Estévez Abe ; Gendered offices: a comparative-historical examination of clerical work in Japan and the United States / Mary C. Brinton ; Employment options: Japan in comparative perspective / Eiko Kenjoh
  • Constraints on women's supply of labor. Policies to support working mothers and children in Japan / Patricia Boling ; The political economy of daycare centers in Japan / Junichiro Wada ; The privatized education market and maternal employment in Japan / Keiko Hirao
  • Conclusions and prescriptions. Conclusion / Frances McCall Rosenbluth.

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