Japan's new inequality : intersection of employment reforms and welfare arrangements

Japan's new inequality intersection of employment reforms and welfare arrangements

After the collapse of Japan's bubble-economy in the late 1980s, a wide range of neo-liberal reforms were introduced which dramatically affected the nature of the labor market. These reforms expanded and consolidated a two-tier market, widening the gap between those who benefit from the 'co...

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Weitere Verfasser: Satō, Yoshimichi (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Melbourne Trans Pacific Press 2011
Schriftenreihe:Stratification and inequality series 10
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Armut > Soziale Ungleichheit > Einkommensverteilung > Arbeitsmarktreform > Betriebliche Sozialleistungen > Japan > Labor > Equality > Welfare recipients > Hours of labor > Aufsatzsammlung > Arbeitspolitik > Sozialhilfeempfänger
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Zusammenfassung:After the collapse of Japan's bubble-economy in the late 1980s, a wide range of neo-liberal reforms were introduced which dramatically affected the nature of the labor market. These reforms expanded and consolidated a two-tier market, widening the gap between those who benefit from the 'company citizenship' of 'regular', long-term and secure employment conditions and those who are increasingly disadvantaged by reduced income and security in the peripheral non-regular system of casual and short-term employment. The authors of this volume use of variety of data, including the 2005 Social Stratification and Mobility (SSM) survey results, to analyze the effects of labor market reforms on social mobility, social welfare, incomes as well as the policy implications for homelessness
Beschreibung:Enth. 7 Beitr
Beschreibung:XV, 181 S.
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ISBN:9781920901400
978-1-920901-40-0
9781920901820
978-1-920901-82-0