{"product_id":"gendered-trajectories-9780804760096","title":"Gendered Trajectories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wei-hsin Yu's \u003ci\u003eGendered Trajectories: Women, Work, and Social Change in Japan and Taiwan\u003c\/i\u003e, compares two countries with intertwined political histories, similar religious traditions, and shared patriarchal cultures. . . Yu takes a long-term view. Women in Taiwan, she argues, are likely to benefit from the country's increased economic growth, in contrast to Japan, where hierarchical work structures likely will continue to exclude women from 'good jobs.' She predicts that Taiwan's pattern—which is repeated in a number of formerly socialist countries—will have a long-term positive impact on gender equality in employment.\" -- Christine L. Williams * \u003ci\u003eContemporary Society\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Yu's rigorous, engaging, and thought-provoking analysis will make an important contribution to the study of gender, work, and the life course will be welcome addition to the required reading lists for graduate courses in these areas.\" -- Deborah Carr * \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology.\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Yu addresses puzzling differences between Japan and Taiwan clearly and thoroughly. Her reasoned consideration of the many factors behind observed cross-national differences makes an important contribution to the study of employment, gender, and the life course in these two societies.\" -- James Raymo * University of Wisconsin-Madison *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGendered Trajectories\u003c\/i\u003e presents an extraordinarily complete picture of women's employment patterns in Japan and Taiwan. Yu succeeds in providing a convincing explanation of why women's employment histories are so different in the two societies.\" -- Annemette Sorensen * Stanford University *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGendered Trajectories\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable contribution to our understanding of gender and social change. Combining quantitative and qualitative analyses, the author links institutions to individuals' experiences to explain why there is greater gender inequality in Japan than Taiwan, despite their similarities in patterns of industrialization.\" -- Arne L. Kalleberg, President * American Sociological Association (2008) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS  List of Tables and Figures\txxx   Acknowledgments\txxxs  Chapter One  Gender Inequality and Social Change in Japan and Taiwan\t1  Chapter Two   The Development of Women's Labor Market Experiences\t\t\t000  Chapter Three   Comparing Labor Market Structures and Workplace Dynamics\t\t\t000  Chapter Four   Patterns of Labor Exits among Women\t\t\t\t\t\t000  Chapter Five   Challenges from the Home Front\t\t\t\t\t\t\t000  Chapter Six   Returning to the Labor Force\t\t\t\t\t\t\t000  Chapter Seven   Higher Education and Gender Inequality\t\t\t\t\t\t000  Chapter Eight  Conclusion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t000   Appendix A  Description of the Data Sources\t\t\t\t000  Appendix B  Supplementary Tables\t\t\t\t\t\t000  Notes\t\t000  Bibliography\t\t\t\t\t000  Index\t\t000  [[starts on page vii]]   TABLES AND FIGURES  Tables   1.1. Comparison of Japan and Taiwan\t000  2.1. Average number of jobs experienced throughout men's and women's employment careers  \t000  2.2. Distributions of current labor market locations by gender and frequency of employer changes\t  3.1. Occupational Distributions of the Female Labor Force in Japan and Taiwan\t  6.1. Description of Work Trajectories of Homemaking Women, Ages 25-60\t  B.1. Descriptive Statistics of the SSM and TSC Samples by Gender\t  B.2. Ordinary Least Squares Regression Analysis of Log Annual Earnings\t\t  B.3. Discrete-Time Event History Models Predicting Labor Force Exits at Any Point of Time   B.4. Discrete-Time Event History Models Predicting Labor Force Exit upon Marriage\t   B.5. Discrete-Time Event History Models Predicting Labor Force Exit around First Childbirth  B.6. Discrete-Time Event History Models Predicting Labor Force Reentry\t  B.7. Multinomial Logit Models Predicting Married Women's Current Work Status in Japan  B.8. Multinomial Logit Models Predicting Women's Current Occupational Status   B.9. Multinomial Logit Models Predicting Women's Current Organizational Locations\t  B.10. Multinomial Logit Models Predicting Women's Current Employment Status\t\t     Figures  Annual economic growth rates in Japan and Taiwan, 1956-2005\t000  Women's Labor Force Participation and Number of Children by Age Group\t  Age Distributions of Brides and Mothers Giving Live Birth in 2004\/2005\t  Attitudes Regarding Gender Roles in Japan and Taiwan\t   Trends in Female Labor Force Participation During the Life Course \t   Distributions of Women's Careers in Japan and Taiwan\t\t   Proportion of Ever-Married Women Returning to the Labor Force by Various Ages\t   Percentage of Workers with Experience of Within-Organizational Job Shifting by Current   Occupation\t   Job Mobility and Percent Changes in Annual Earnings\t\t   Predicted Annual Earnings by Gender, Country, and Employment Status\t  3.1. Distribution of the Labor Force by Industry, 1951-2000\t\t   3.2. Unemployment and Nonfarm Labor Force Growth Rates, 1950-2000\t\t  3.3. Annual Increases in the Male Population of Working Age, 1950-2000\t\t  3.4. Comparisons of the Labor Force by Firm Size in Japan and Taiwan\t  4.1. Explanatory Framework \t\t  4.2. Occupational Effects on Ever-Married Women's Labor Force Exits at Various Times\t\t  4.3. Effects of Firm Size on Ever-Married Women's Labor Force Exits at Various Times\t\t  4.4. Relative Odds of Labor Force Exit of Public- to Private-Sector Employees\t  4.5. Effects of Individual Characteristics on the Likelihood of Exiting the Labor Force\t  4.6. Predicted Probabilities for Labor Force Exit in the Marriage Year\t  5.1. Percentage of Japanese Men at Home by Eight O'Clock on Weekdays\t\t  5.2. Percent Approval of Working Mothers with Young Children among Taiwanese Women, by   Education\t  5.3. Trends of Male-Wage-to-Household-Spending Ratio and Family Size, 1965-2000\t  6.1. Labor Force Participation Rates of Seven Birth Cohorts at Various Ages\t  6.2. Estimated Probability of Labor Force Reentry, Hypothetical Cases\t  6.3. Comparison of Occupations before and after a Work Interruption\t  6.4. Comparison of Firm Size between the Female Labor Force and Women Reentrants\t\t  6.5. Comparison of Employment Status between the Female Labor Force and Women Reentrants   6.6. Effects of Postmarital Entry on Women's Current Work Status in Japan\t  7.1. School Systems in Japan and Taiwan\t  7.2. Estimated Advancement Rates to Various Educational Institutions among Taiwanese Middle-  School Graduates, 1950-1998\t  7.3. Trends in Percent Female among Students in Tertiary Institutions\t  7.4. Trends in Percent Female Students Admitted to the University of Tokyo and National Taiwan   University \t\t  7.5. Percentage of Students in Applied Science Programs by Educational Level in Taiwan\t\t  7.6. Percent Female Students in Four-Year Universities by University Ownership\t\t  8.1. Likelihood of Job Locations of Married versus Single Women\t\t  8.2. Comparisons of Japanese Women's Occupational Distributions\t  8.3. Percentage of Ever-Married, Working-Age Taiwanese Women in the Labor Force by Their First   Occupation\t  8.4. Job Growth Rates by Gender and Employment Status in Japan, 1996-2007","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405577134423,"sku":"9780804760096","price":52.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804760096.jpg?v=1730492892","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gendered-trajectories-9780804760096","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}