Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Role and Status of Women Workers in the United States and Japan
Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Women Of Japan & Korea
Author: Joyce GelbPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439900965
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Original research on the changing roles of women in Japan and Korea.
Women's Employment in Japan
Author: Kaye BroadbentPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136133461
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The low status accorded to part-time workers in Japan has resulted in huge inequalities in the workplace. This book examines the problem in-depth using case-study investigations in Japanese workplaces, and reveals the extent of the inequality. It shows how many part-time workers, most of whom are women, are concentrated in low paid, low skilled, poorly unionised service sector jobs. Part-time workers in Japan work hours equivalent to, or greater than, full-time workers, but receive lower financial and welfare benefits than their full-time colleagues. Overall, the book demonstrates that the way part-time work is constructed in Japan reinforces and institutionalises the sexual division of labour.
Women Workers and Global Restructuring
Author: Kathryn B. WardPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780875461625
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Since economists traditionally focus on market activities, women's non-wage labour has not been registered in works on economic development. On the other hand, women's wage labour has been described as supplementary or marginal to the household income as well as to economic development as a whole. The contributors to this collection did their research on women workers in countries from the core, the semiperiphery, and the periphery. The eight articles are introduced by Kathryn Ward, who presents a critical overview of the literature on women workers and globalization. In Ward's opinion we have to develop new definitions for some key concepts in our theories on women and work. These concepts should aim at including housework and work in the informal sector, and women's various acts of resistance. Ward also suggests new perspectives from which we should theorize about women's work in the process of global restructuring.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Women and Trade
Author: World Bank;World Trade OrganizationPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464815569
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Trade can dramatically improve women’s lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women’s bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between trade and gender, it is essential to assess the potential impact of trade policy on both women and men and to develop appropriate, evidence-based policies to ensure that trade helps to enhance opportunities for all. Research on gender equality and trade has been constrained by limited data and a lack of understanding of the connections among the economic roles that women play as workers, consumers, and decision makers. Building on new analyses and new sex-disaggregated data, Women and Trade: The Role of Trade in Promoting Gender Equality aims to advance the understanding of the relationship between trade and gender equality and to identify a series of opportunities through which trade can improve the lives of women.
Japan's Far More Female Future
Author: Bill EmmottPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198865554
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Through analysis of trends and policy options, combined with interviews with 21 female role models from business to the arts, Bill Emmott takes an optimistic look at how a society with an extreme level of gender inequality, an ageing population, and slow economic growth can achieve greater social justice and sustainable prosperity for the future.
Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies
Author: Susan N. HousemanPublisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Comprises a collection of papers which use an interdisciplinary and cross-country comparative framework to understand why nonstandard work has grown in so many countries and its implications for workers.
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