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This article studies the determination of married women's employment discontinuity in Taiwan. Many studies have demonstrated that a high proportion of married women leave their jobs because of marriage, pregnancy, or childbirth (MPB). This article suggests the concept of labour market segmentation be brought back into the study of women's employment stability. Using nationwide sampling data from the 2001 Taiwan Social Change Survey, the article analyses how job status and sociocultural factors affect women's various decisions to quit their job. By using multinomial logistic analysis of over 900 married women, the author discovers that job status of both wives and husbands, husbands' ethnic background and gender-role attitudes have significant impacts on women's reasons to quit. Labour market segmentation by gender significantly affects the employment stability of married women. The results indicate a complex decision-making process when married women struggle to hold onto their jobs in this East Asian society.

Numerous studies show that job demands increase work-to-family conflict (WFC), while job resources have mixed effects on it. Yet the way in which their effects on WFC differ by gender is under-explored in Asian societies, where increasing female labour force participation coexists with traditional gender beliefs. Using data from the Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS) (N = 1,265), we find that mechanisms by which employment and family characteristics affect WFC differ for men and women. Having young children strengthens the effect of weekend work on WFC for women, but not for men. Working from home blurs work–family roles for women, but not for men. Increased family demands increases men's but not women's vulnerability to WFC, even though men do less housework. This study illuminates the importance of a gender-sensitive and culturally grounded explanation for WFC.

AbstractTaiwan has long been recognized as a labour-absorbing society, but today approximately 3 per cent of its population is working in China, an increasingly important destination for regional immigration. In this article we go beyond conventional immigration economics to examine how social connections and ethnic politics affect Taiwanese motivations to move to China for employment. Results from a national random-sample survey conducted in 2005 are used to analyse the willingness and potentiality of Taiwanese to work in China. The findings indicate that besides human capital factors, social networks and political/ethnic identity offer insights to understanding migrations among Taiwanese, as well as why the vast majority have so little interest in going China-bound.

This paper studies how the general public in Taiwan evaluates the power of unions and which groups of the population support stronger unionisation. We intend to compare changes in attitudes toward union strength in two ways. First, we examine whether macro-economic or political dynamics created changes in attitudes. Secondly, we analyse the direct effects of four types of independent variables on attitudes toward unions (individual or collective level, short-term or long-term), including gender, age, ethnicity, and education. Using four waves of the Taiwan Social Change Survey conducted between 1990 and 2005, we find that support for stronger unions rose markedly between 2000 and 2005, expressing a higher awareness of the role of unions in labour relations, especially in the context of economic crisis or lower economic growth. (China Perspect/GIGA)

Cet article analyse l'évolution de l'opinion publique taiwanaise à l'égard des syndicats, en cherchant plus particulièrement à déterminer quels sont les groupes de population favorables à une plus forte syndicalisation. Nous comparons tout d'abord l'évolution de cette opinion à travers les dynamiques macro-économiques et politiques. À partir de quatre enquêtes sur le changement social à Taiwan, réalisées entre 1995 et 2005, nous analysons ensuite les effets directs de quatre variables indépendantes (le sexe, l'âge, l'appartenance ethnique et le niveau d'éducation) au niveau individuel ou collectif, à court ou long terme. Nous montrons une augmentation des attentes, entre 2000 et 2005, pour une syndicalisation plus forte, ce qui révèle une conscience accrue du rôle des syndicats dans les relations de travail, en particulier dans un contexte de crise économique ou de ralentissement de la croissance.