Motherhood and Work in Contemporary Japan

by Nishimura Junko

This book explores the employment of Japanese women born in the 1960s and 1970s who experienced childbirth and raised children in the 1990s and the early 2000s. During this period, the Japanese economy experienced a severe recession. It has affected the firm-specific internal labour market and on employment practices, which in turn are thought to have greatly influenced Japanese women's employment. On the other hand, the fertility rate declined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138943665
• ISBN13: 9781138943667
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 121 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.8"