The political economy of Japan's low fertility / edited by Frances McCall Rosenbluth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosenbluth, Frances McCall.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fertility, Human--Japan.

Fertility, Human.

Women--Japan--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--Japan--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 harder to promote their careers, to the detriment of childbearing. The book provides policy recommendations for solving not just Japan's fertility issue, but those of other modern democracies facing a similar crisis.

Contents:

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 Estevez 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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8047-6820-X

1-4356-0892-5

OCLC:

290565523