TY - BOOK ID - 4876830 TI - Labor markets, gender and social stratification in East Asia : a global perspective PY - 2016 SN - 9789004256101 PB - Leiden Brill DB - UniCat KW - Labor market KW - Social classes KW - Sex role KW - Marché du travail KW - Classes sociales KW - Rôle selon le sexe KW - Regional disparities KW - Disparités régionales KW - J4353 KW - J4352 KW - K9418.60 KW - K9418.20 KW - Japan: Economy and industry -- labor and employment -- women KW - Japan: Economy and industry -- labor and employment -- social conditions KW - Korea: Economy and industry -- labor and employment -- women KW - Korea: Economy and industry -- labor and employment -- social conditions KW - Marché du travail KW - Rôle selon le sexe KW - Disparités régionales UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4876830 AB - Following the Asian economic crisis of the 1990s, this is the first book to examine the structure and transformation of the labor markets and social stratification of contemporary East Asia, namely Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China, focusing in particular on gender inequality. It deals with social mobility and gender differences in unemployment, temporary employment and self-employment. Additionally, gender segregation, social identity and suicide rates are also addressed. Taken together, the issues raised in this volume reinforce the advantage of a comparative approach to East Asian Studies. The findings, supported by strong statistical analysis, clearly call into question a longstanding view that East Asian gender regimes and class structure are homogeneous. Indeed, this is demonstrably not the case, as Labor Markets, Gender and Social Stratification in East Asia shows, revealing as it does considerable diversities in labor markets, gender regimes, and social mobility within East Asian societies due to historical and institutional differences.-- ER -