Labor markets, gender and social stratification in East Asia
Subtitle: a global perspective
By: edited by Tarohmaru Hiroshi
Series: The intimate and the public in Asian and global perspectives -- volume 7
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9789004256101; 9789004262737
Subjects: Labor market; Regional disparities; Social classes
Work titles: Higashi Ajia no rōdō shijō to shakai kaisō. English
Description: Following the Asian economic crisis of the 1990s, this is the first book to examine the structure and transformation of the labor markets and social stratification of contemporary East Asia, namely Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China, focusing in particular on gender inequality. It deals with social mobility and gender differences in unemployment, temporary employment and self-employment. Additionally, gender segregation, social identity and suicide rates are also addressed. Taken together, the issues raised in this volume reinforce the advantage of a comparative approach to East Asian Studies. The findings, supported by strong statistical analysis, clearly call into question a longstanding view that East Asian gender regimes and class structure are homogeneous. Indeed, this is demonstrably not the case, as Labor Markets, Gender and Social Stratification in East Asia shows, revealing as it does considerable diversities in labor markets, gender regimes, and social mobility within East Asian societies due to historical and institutional differences.--
Notes: "First published 2014 in Japanese, Higashi Ajia no Rodo Shijo to Shakai Kaiso by Kyoto University Press."

Includes bibliographical references and index.