Three policy perspectives on Japanese female employment  

作　　者：Yunwei Guo Yiwei Yao Xiao Yu 

机构地区：[1]National Institute of Social Development,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,Beijing,People’s Republic of China [2]Beijing Center for Japanese Studies,Beijing Foreign Studies University,Beijing,People’s Republic of China [3]College of Economics and Management,Zhejiang Ocean University,No.1 Haida South Road,Zhoushan 316022,Zhejiang,People’s Republic of China [4]Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta,Zhejiang University,Jiashan,People’s Republic of China

出　　处：《The Journal of Chinese Sociology》2024年第1期1-17,共17页中国社会学杂志(英文)

基　　金：The funding was provided by Chinese Academy of Social Science(Grant No.2023YQNQD050).

摘　　要：With a detailed historical analysis of postwar Japanese female employment,this article presents three underlying policy perspectives that shape the fact that women have less chance for high-quality employment despite the rising labor force participation rate.The three assumptions of women’s role in policy-making are as follows:(1)women as housewives—dependent on males,do not earn a living salary and are thus margin-alized in the labor market;(2)women as individuals pursuing gender equality should be treated without discrimination in the workplace;and(3)women as key drivers for economic growth can contribute to the solution to labor shortages.The postwar history of Japanese female employment is full of interaction among these three policy perspectives.Generally,it passes through phases of the dominance of the housewife perspective,the reformation from the equality perspective and the counterattack from the housewife perspective,as well as the mainstreaming of the economic actor perspective.

关 键 词：Female employment Policy perspectives JAPAN HISTORY 

分 类 号：D44[政治法律—政治学]