LEADER 04919cam a2200565Ii 4500001 99118710723506421 005 20231117211314.0 006 m o d 007 cr cnu|||unuuu 008 190617t20192019si ob 001 0 eng d 019 1106164575 020 9789811376818 (electronic bk.) 020 9811376816 |q(electronic bk.) 020 |z9789811376801 024 7 10.1007/978-981-13-7 035 |9(YDXIT)300611988 035 (OCoLC)on1104790627 |0(uri) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1104790627 035 (OCoLC)1104790627 |z(OCoLC)1106164575 |0(uri) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1104790627 |0(uri) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1106164575 035 (NjP)11871072-princetondb 035 |z(OCoLC)1106164575 |0(uri) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1106164575 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11871072 040 N$T |beng |erda |epn |cN$T |dN$T |dLQU |dEBLCP |dGW5XE |dOCLCF |dNjP 050 4 HD6060.5.J3 |bY35 2019 082 04 331.41330952 |223 100 1 Yamaguchi, Kazuo, |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91054329 245 10 Gender inequalities in the Japanese workplace and employment : |btheories and empirical evidence / |cKazuo Yamaguchi. 264 1 Singapore : |bSpringer, |c[2019] 264 4 |c©2019 300 1 online resource (xiii, 267 pages) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 490 1 Advances in Japanese business and economics ; |vVolume 22 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 588 0 Vendor-supplied metadata. 505 0 1 Impediments to the Advancement of Women in the Japanese Employment System: Theoretical Overview and the Purpose of this Book -- 2 Determinants of the Gender Gap in the Proportion of Managers Among White-Collar Regular Employees -- 3 Chapter 3 Causes and Effects of Gender Occupational Segregation: Overlooked Obstacles to Gender Equality -- 4 Gender Income Disparity Among White-Collar Regular Employees: Explaining the Causes Responsible for 80% of the Disparity and Its Mechanisms -- 5 Impacts of Companies Promotion of Work-Life Balance and the Restrictive Regular Employment System on Gender Wage Gap -- 6 Empowerment of Women in the Workplace and Labor Productivity: Which Company Policies Are Effective and Why -- 7 Statistical and Indirect Discrimination: Revisiting the Incentive Problem -- 8 Gender Inequality and Its Irrationality: Implications from the Analytical Results -- Index. 520 The in-depth analyses presented in this book have a dual focus: (1) Social mechanisms through which the gender wage gap, gender inequality in the attainment of managerial positions, and gender segregation of occupations are generated in Japan; and (2) Assessments of the effects of firms gender-egalitarian personnel policies and work-life balance promotion policies on the gender wage gap and the firms productivity. In addition, this work reviews and discusses various economic and sociological theories of gender inequality and gender discrimination and considers their consistencies and inconsistencies with the results of the analysis of Japanese data. Furthermore, the book critically reviews and discusses the historical development of the Japanese employment system by juxtaposing rational and cultural explanations. This book is an English translation by the author of a book he first published in Japanese in 2017. The original Japanese-language edition received two major book awards in Japan. One was The Nikkei Economic Book Culture Award, which is given every year by the Nikkei Newspaper Company and the Japan Economic Research Center to a few best books on economy and society. The other was The Showa Universitys Womens Culture Research Award, which is bestowed annually on a single book of research that promotes gender equality. Kazuo Yamaguchi is the Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. 599 Princeton permanent acquisition. 650 0 Sex discrimination in employment |zJapan. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010112823 650 0 Sex discrimination against women |zJapan. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010112822 650 0 Diversity in the workplace |zJapan. 650 0 Discrimination in employment |zJapan. 650 7 Discrimination in employment. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00895050 650 7 Diversity in the workplace. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00895719 650 7 Sex discrimination against women. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01114376 650 7 Sex discrimination in employment. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01114408 651 7 Japan. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204082 830 0 Advances in Japanese business and economics ; |v22. 902 mic |bm |6a |7m |dw |f0 |e20200422 956 40 |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/Princeton/detail.action?docID=5789729 |zAccess limited to 1 concurrentr user