David Kucera

Gender, Growth and Trade

The Miracle Economies of the Post-war Years

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gender, Growth and Trade examines the role of women as a flexible, contingent workforce in Germany and Japan. This unique comparative study of two of the world's foremost industrialized economies situates empirical results in the context of broader cultural concerns, considering issues such as market flexibility, unemployment, union policy and labour market institutions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780415198622
• ISBN-10: 0415198623
• Artikelnr.: 22369566

Autorenporträt

Kucera, David

Inhaltsangabe

1. Unemployment, Labor Market Flexibility and Women as a Buffer Workforce
Introduction: defining labor market flexibility Part 1. Evidence on the
relationship between labor market flexibility and unemployment Part 2.
Unemployment and labour flexibility in Japan Conclusion 2. Women's
Integration into the Workforce Introduction: the buffer, job segregation,
and substitution hypotheses Foreign workers in Germany as a buffer
workforce Women as a buffer workforce and the job segregation hypothesis in
sectors and manufacturing industries Comparing patterns of gender
segregation Conclusion 3. Industrial Relations and Labor Market
Institutions Introduction: combining high and low road strategies in Japan
Lifetime employment and nenko earnings in Japan: persisting institutions
Temporary employment as a stepping stone and buffer Part-time employment
from demand and supply sides Women and unions Conclusion Appendix: Policies
supporting the employment of mothers; Maternity leave policies; Child care
provisions 4. Foreign Trade, Employment and Earnings Introduction: skills
bias and gender bias Part 1. Foreign trade and men and women's employment
Part 2. Foreign trade and diverging gender wage gaps in Germany and Japan
Conclusion 5. German Reunification Introduction: the question of
convergence Women's employment in East Germany and persisting inequalities
After the wall: women's high unemployment and demographic shocks Conclusion