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Table of 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 Estévez 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.

Contributors:

Rosenbluth, Frances McCall

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Political economy of Japan's low fertility (Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007)

Subjects:

Fertility, Human — Japan

Women — Japan — Social conditions

Women — Japan — Economic conditions

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

HB1061 .P65 2007eb

ISBNs:

9780804768207 (electronic bk.)
080476820X (electronic bk.)
0804754861 [Invalid]
9780804754866 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

290565523

Other Control Numbers:

EBC3037565 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp3319812