| 书目名称 | Changes in Work and Family Life in Japan Under COVID-19 | | 编辑 | Shigeki Matsuda,Hirohisa Takenoshita | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Discusses the transformation of Japanese work styles under COVID-19, such as the increase in telework.Points out changes in sharing housework and childcare under Japan‘s measures to prevent the spread | | 丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Population Studies | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | This book describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way of work, the division of household labor, and family formation in Japan. One of the characteristics of Japanese employment practices is a stable employer–employment relationship and seniority-based wage system. In return, long working hours, especially for men who are called “salarymen” (salaried workers, or “company men”), are required. The pandemic has led to an expansion of telework and has reduced their working hours, which has made them return to their homes to work. In contrast, non-regular employees, who are mostly women, has become more unstable in employment and their incomes fell. This tendency has become even stronger under the pandemic..Compared with conditions in Western countries, in Japan wives have a greater responsibility for domestic chores. In the pandemic, as children‘s classes shifted to online and childcare support facilities were temporarily closed, the burden of housework and child-rearing increased for wives. However, husbands who worked from home shared a part of the housework, and popular home delivery services helped to reduce the burdens on wives. ..Japan is one of the developed countrie | | 出版日期 | Book 2023 | | 关键词 | COVID-19; Pandemic; Telework; House Work; Marriage; Low Fertility; Population; Demography | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5850-4 | | isbn_softcover | 978-981-99-5849-8 | | isbn_ebook | 978-981-99-5850-4Series ISSN 2211-3215 Series E-ISSN 2211-3223 | | issn_series | 2211-3215 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapor |
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