Jobs for Mothers: Married Women's Labor Force Reentry and Part-Time,Temporary Employment in Japan |
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Authors: | Yu Wei-hsin |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, 11529 |
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Abstract: | This paper explains the increase in middle-aged women reentering the labor force in Japan and their concentration in part-time or temporary employment. Existing explanations attribute women's concentration in part-time employment too narrowly to supply or demand factors. In Japan, both the labor supply of middle-aged women and the demand for part-time workers have increased, but these conditions channel middle-aged women into part-time or temporary employment only when systematic barriers obstruct their access to full-time jobs. Because it plays an important role in women's employment decisions, the rigidity of standard, full-time employment needs greater attention in studies of nonstandard, atypical types of work. |
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Keywords: | part-time and temporary employment gender stratification rigidity of standard employment labor force reentry |
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