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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458591003321

Autore

Yu Wei-Hsin

Titolo

Gendered trajectories [[electronic resource] ] : women, work, and social change in Japan and Taiwan / / Wei-Hsin Yu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8047-7104-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Studies in Social Inequality

Disciplina

331.4095124/9

Soggetti

Women - Employment - Japan

Women - Employment - Taiwan

Sex discrimination in employment - Japan

Sex discrimination in employment - Taiwan

Sex discrimination against women - Japan

Sex discrimination against women - Taiwan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.