The political economy of Japan's low fertility
By: edited by Frances McCall Rosenbluth.
Contributors: Rosenbluth, Frances McCall.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780804754866
Subjects: Fertility, Human -- Japan; Women -- Japan -- Social conditions; Women -- Japan -- Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 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; title: 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; title: Conclusions and prescriptions. Conclusion / Frances McCall Rosenbluth.