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2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Factors Determining the Success of Labor Migration in Asia

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 22402037
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field Sociology
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokushima

Principal Investigator

UENO Kayoko  徳島大学, 大学院・ソシオ・アーツ・アンド・サイエンス研究部, 教授 (50213377)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) OCHIAI Emiko  京都大学, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (90194571)
ISODA Tomoko  広島文化学園大学, 社会情報学部, 教授 (90193391)
Project Period (FY) 2009 – 2012
Keywords細目:社会学・社会学
Research Abstract

This study largely consists of three sets of quantitative and qualitative researches with an aim to explore the factors determining the success of labor migration in Asia. They are conducted to (1) Chinese ex trainees and interns from Japan, (2) Filipino ex domestic workers from other parts of Asia, and (3) male workers from China, Bangladeshi, and India working in Singapore construction site. Results shown varyfrom one research to another. Main findings for respective research are that (1) Chinese ex workers show overall positive evaluation on working in Japan, especially among those who are relatively old and non-college graduates; (2) destination countries strongly determine the evaluation of their working experiences among Filipino ex-domestic workers; (3) living condition in working country turned out to be an important factor to regulate the life condition of male construction workerfrom China, Bangladeshi, and Indi

  • Research Products

    (23 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 2010 Other

All Journal Article (10 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 7 results) Presentation (3 results) Book (8 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Love Gain: Transformation of Intimacy among Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore2013

    • Author(s)
      Ueno Kayoko
    • Journal Title

      Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Asia

      Volume: 28 Pages: 36-63

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Life Strategies of Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore2012

    • Author(s)
      Ueno Kayoko
    • Journal Title

      Gender Perspectives

      Volume: 3 Pages: 5-8

  • [Journal Article] Nurses from Abroad and the Formation of a Dual Labor Market in Japan2012

    • Author(s)
      Asato Wako
    • Journal Title

      Southeast Asian Studies

      Pages: 642-669

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] From Foreign Trainees to Unauthorized Workers: Vietnamese Migrant Workers in Japan2011

    • Author(s)
      Belanger Daniele, Ueno Kayoko, Khuat Thu Hong, Ochiai Emiko
    • Journal Title

      Asian And Pacific Migration, Journal

      Volume: 20 Pages: 31-5

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 個人化と家族主義-東アジアとヨーロッパ、そして日本」ウルリッヒ・ベック・鈴木宗徳・伊藤美登里編2011

    • Author(s)
      落合恵美子
    • Journal Title

      リスク化する日本社会-ウルリッヒ・ベックとの対話

      Pages: 103-125

  • [Journal Article] Love and Life in Southwestern Japan : the Story of a One-Hundred-Year-Old Lady2011

    • Author(s)
      Ochiai Emiko
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Comparative Family Studie

      Volume: 42 Pages: 399-409

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] dentity Management among Indonesian and Filipina Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore2010

    • Author(s)
      Ueno Kayoko
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Japanese Sociology

      Volume: 19 Pages: 82-97

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Strategies of Resistance: Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore2010

    • Author(s)
      Ueno Kayoko
    • Journal Title

      Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

      Volume: 18 Pages: 497-517

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] eminization of immigration in Japan: marital and job opportunitie (co-authorship with Kao-Lee Liaw and Yoshitaka Ishikawa) in Yang Wen-Shan and Melody Lu eds.2010

    • Author(s)
      Ochiai Emiko
    • Journal Title

      Asian Cross-border Marriage Migration

      Pages: 49-86

  • [Journal Article] 護・介護部門における人材育成型受け入れの問題点 経済連携協定の事例から2010

    • Author(s)
      安里和晃
    • Journal Title

      保健医療社会学論集

      Volume: 21 Pages: 35-54

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] alysis on Facebook movement among foreign domestic workers2012

    • Author(s)
      Ueno Kayoko
    • Organizer
      World Social Form on Migration
    • Place of Presentation
      Miriam College (Philippines).
    • Year and Date
      2012-11-29
  • [Presentation] Research Report on Filipina Ex Migrant Domestic Workers who Worked in Singapore2012

    • Author(s)
      Ueno Kayoko
    • Organizer
      World Social Form on Migration
    • Place of Presentation
      Hong Kong, and Taiwan
    • Year and Date
      2012-11-29
  • [Presentation] 20 世紀アジアの社会変動と高齢者のライフコース-5地域質問紙調査結果から2012

    • Author(s)
      山根真理・洪上旭・朴京淑・李東輝・長坂格・中筋由紀子
    • Organizer
      日本社会学会
    • Place of Presentation
      札幌学院大学(北海道)
    • Year and Date
      2012-11-04
  • [Book] 親密性の労働をめぐる商品化と人の国際移動2013

    • Author(s)
      安里和晃、上野加代子
    • Publisher
      京都大学出版会
  • [Book] Asian Women and Intimate Work2013

    • Author(s)
      Ochiai Emiko, Ueno Kayoko
  • [Book] 変容する親密圏/公共圏 1 親密圏と公共圏の再編成アジア近代からの問い2013

    • Author(s)
      落合恵美子、安里和晃
    • Publisher
      京都大学出
  • [Book] アジア女性と親密性の労働2012

    • Author(s)
      落合恵美子、上野加代子
    • Total Pages
      1-329
    • Publisher
      京都大学出版会
  • [Book] 国境を越えるアジアの著書家事労働者-女性たちの生活戦略2011

    • Author(s)
      上野加代子
    • Total Pages
      258
    • Publisher
      世界思想社
  • [Book] 21ST CENTURY ASIAN FAMILY (タイ語)2011

    • Author(s)
      落合 恵美子、上野 加代子、山根真理
    • Total Pages
      1-289
    • Publisher
      チュラーロンコーン大学出版会
  • [Book] 労働鎖国ニッポンの崩壊2011

    • Author(s)
      安里和晃、落合 恵美子
    • Total Pages
      351
    • Publisher
      イヤモンド社
  • [Book] 平洲社会的家庭和性系2011

    • Author(s)
      落合恵美子、山根真理、上野 加代子
    • Total Pages
      340
    • Publisher
      世界知出版会
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://web.ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp/socioueno/

  • [Remarks] Improve maids' work conditions, experts urge" The Straits Times, Wednesday, Nov 21, 2012.

    • URL

      http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20121119-384386.htm

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Published: 2014-08-29  

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