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Nonstandard Work and Educational Differentials in Married Women's Employment in Japan: Patterns of Continuity and Change.

ABSTRACT: The rapid expansion of nonstandard work has altered the nature of women's employment, but previous research on married women's employment trajectories in japan has paid little attention to the role of nonstandard work. to fill this gap, we examine how patterns of employment in regular and nonstandard positions vary by married women's socioeconomic status using nationally representative longitudinal data. results from discrete-time competing risks models of labor force transitions indicate that university graduates have the most stable labor force attachment in that they are the least likely to move from standard to nonstandard employment and to exit nonstandard jobs. in contrast, married women with a high school degree or less are more likely to reenter the labor force to take low-quality nonstandard jobs. these results are consistent with a scenario characterized by both continuity and change. older patterns of labor force exit and reentry, combined with the rise in nonstandard employment, are most relevant for less educated women while the emergence of more career employment opportunities is most relevant for highly educated women. considering the role of women's income in shaping patterns of inequality, these findings have important implications for stratification in japan.

SUBMITTER: Lim SJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6660003 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Nonstandard Work and Educational Differentials in Married Women's Employment in Japan: Patterns of Continuity and Change.

Lim So-Jung SJ Raymo James M JM

International journal of sociology 20141207 3

The rapid expansion of nonstandard work has altered the nature of women's employment, but previous research on married women's employment trajectories in japan has paid little attention to the role of nonstandard work. to fill this gap, we examine how patterns of employment in regular and nonstandard positions vary by married women's socioeconomic status using nationally representative longitudinal data. results from discrete-time competing risks models of labor force transitions indicate that u ...[more]

PMID: 31354169

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Project description:BackgroundIndividuals with lower socioeconomic status are at increased risk of involuntary exit from paid employment. To give sound advice for primary prevention in the workforce, insight is needed into the role of mediating factors between socioeconomic status and labour force participation. Therefore, it is aimed to investigate the influence of health status, lifestyle-related factors and work characteristics on educational differences in exit from paid employment.Methods14,708 Dutch employees participated in a ten-year follow-up study during 1999-2008. At baseline, education, self-perceived health, lifestyle (smoking, alcohol, sports, BMI) and psychosocial (demands, control, rewards) and physical work characteristics were measured by questionnaire. Employment status was ascertained monthly based on tax records. The relation between education, health, lifestyle, work-characteristics and exit from paid employment through disability benefits, unemployment, early retirement and economic inactivity was investigated by competing risks regression analyses. The mediating effects of these factors on educational differences in exit from paid employment were tested using a stepwise approach.ResultsLower educated workers were more likely to exit paid employment through disability benefits (SHR:1.84), unemployment (SHR:1.74), and economic inactivity (SHR:1.53) but not due to early retirement (SHR:0.92). Poor or moderate health, an unhealthy lifestyle, and unfavourable work characteristics were associated with disability benefits and unemployment, and an unhealthy lifestyle with economic inactivity. Educational differences in disability benefits were explained for 40% by health, 31% by lifestyle, and 12% by work characteristics. For economic inactivity and unemployment, up to 14% and 21% of the educational differences could be explained, particularly by lifestyle-related factors.ConclusionsThere are educational differences in exit from paid employment, which are partly mediated by health, lifestyle and work characteristics, particularly for disability benefits. Health promotion and improving working conditions seem important measures to maintain a productive workforce, particularly among workers with a low education.

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Nonstandard Work and Educational Differentials in Married Women's Employment in Japan: Patterns of Continuity and Change.

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Nonstandard Work and Educational Differentials in Married Women's Employment in Japan: Patterns of Continuity and Change.

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