An inquiry into structural factors of female labor force participation

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03895
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: Tsutsui Junya 立命館大学, 産業社会学部, 教授 (90321025)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 女性の労働力参加 / 日本的雇用

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study is able to build an alternative theoretical framework on female labor force participation by differentiating structural and policy factors on explaining social changes. In the case of women's economic activation in Japan, its inactive features can be explained by the unique employment institution. This system was originally based on the Japanese version of the internal labor market. This expects workers to accept a variety of indeterminate working style (such as job transfers to distant places), hence interruption of job careers for women with family responsibilities.

Free Research Field

家族社会学、計量社会学、女性労働