Motherhood and Work in Contemporary Japan
In: Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series
In: Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Ser.
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Do more women work than before? What the M-shaped curve implies -- 3 The Japanese labour market and social policy arrangements -- 4 Marriage, childbirth, child rearing and women's employment -- 5 Women's employment during the childbirth and child-rearing years -- 6 Re-entry and exit again? Women's careers after childbirth through the post-child-rearing years -- 7 Careers of Japanese single mothers -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix: supplementary tables -- Index.