2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Longitudinal Study of the Housing System and Work and Family Life in Japan
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22730380
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Momoyama Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
MURAKAMI Akane 桃山学院大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (20470106)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 住宅 / 福祉レジーム / 企業福祉 / 混合研究法 / 縦断的データ / 労働組合 / 家計 / 生活時間 |
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| Research Abstract |
We investigate the housing system and work and family life in Japan with a mixed method research: the analysis of an large panel surveys, official statistics, labor union historical materials, and an interview survey. According to the Housing and Land Survey, 60% of the Japanese population is composed of homeowners, and the rest hope to acquire their residence. The large number of issued houses such as company houses and dormitories is unique to the Japanese housing system. Companies have covered fringe benefit costs for housing. Some labor unions have requested that the government build more public housing, but their efforts have not succeeded. Instead, the government has tried to stimulate a slowing economy by home construction, especially since the 1970s. Recently, companies have tended to retract issued houses. Moreover, local governments have moved to reduce public housing. Consequently, with the privatization of housing loans and other changes, the financial burden of families has increased. They rely on the paid labor of the wives and on the reduction of expenditures to cope with the situation. The reason many families have a “home ownership ideology” is that they idealize the “modern family.”
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Research Products
(4 results)
