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Gendered trajectories : women, work, and social change in Japan and Taiwan / Wei-Hsin Yu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yu, Wei-Hsin.
- Series:
- Studies in Social Inequality
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Employment--Japan.
- Women.
- Women--Employment--Taiwan.
- Sex discrimination in employment--Japan.
- Sex discrimination in employment.
- Sex discrimination in employment--Taiwan.
- Sex discrimination against women--Japan.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Sex discrimination against women--Taiwan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through a detailed analysis of macroeconomic changes and individuals' lifetime employment trajectories, this book explains why Japan and Taiwan have experienced different levels of improvement in women's economic status over the last half century.
- Contents:
- Gender inequality and social change in Japan and Taiwan
- The development of women's labor market experiences
- Comparing labor market structures and workplace dynamics
- Patterns of labor exits among women
- Challenges from the home front
- Returning to the labor force
- Higher education and gender inequality.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804771047
- 0804771049
- OCLC:
- 794328214
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