Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Gender Inequality and Social Change inJapan and Taiwan; 2. The Development of Women's Labor MarketExperiences; 3. Comparing Labor Market Structuresand Workplace Dynamics; 4. Patterns of Labor Force Exits Among Women; 5. Challenges from the Home Front; 6. Returning to the Labor Force; 7. Higher Education and Gender Inequality; 8. Conclusion; Appendix A: Descriptions of the Data Sources; Appendix B: Supplementary Tables; Notes
Summary
Through a detailed analysis of macroeconomic changes and individuals' lifetime employment trajectories, this book explains why Japan and Taiwan have experienced different levels of improvement in women's economic status over the last half century
