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1 online resource (xviii, 276 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-268) and index. |
| Contents |
Stanford--Todai Comparison -- Japanese and U.S. Labor Markets for University Graduates -- Legal Commitments to Gender Equity in the Labor Market in the United States and Japan -- Higher Education in Japan and the United States -- Tokyo University and Stanford University -- Women and Men of Stanford and Todai: Survey Procedures, Demographics, Educational Attainment, Occupations, and Employment -- Surveying the Graduates -- Demographics of the Graduates -- Education -- Occupations of the Graduates -- Employment Status -- Commitment to Paid Work -- What Influences the Earnings of the Graduates? -- Theories About Earnings -- Graduates' Earnings Compared with Those of Their Contemporaries -- Graduates' Earnings and Hours Employed -- Determinants of Earnings -- Gender Differences in Earnings -- Decomposition of the Gender Earnings Differential -- How Did the Graduates Combine Career and Marriage? -- Couples' Decisions About Combining Work and Family: A Theoretical Framework -- Combining Two Careers -- Women Who Became Full-Time Homemakers -- Who Is Responsible for Doing Household Tasks? -- Satisfaction with Household Task Arrangements -- Bargaining Power, Hours of Paid Work, and Household Task Arrangements in Two-Earner Couples -- Relationship Between Household Task Arrangements, Number of Hours of Paid Work, and Earnings -- Egalitarian, Traditional, and "Hybrid" Families -- Occupational Differences -- How Did the Graduates Care for Their Children? -- Employment Status of Graduates Who Were Parents. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Work and family -- United States.
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Work and family. |
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United States. |
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Work and family -- Japan.
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Japan. |
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Sexual division of labor -- United States.
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Sexual division of labor. |
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Sexual division of labor -- Japan.
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College graduates -- United States -- Social conditions.
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College graduates. |
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Social conditions. |
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College graduates -- Japan -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Longitudinale onderzoeken (vorm)
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| Added Author |
Chan, Agnes Miling Kaneko.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Strober, Myra H. Road winds uphill all the way. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1999 0262194155 (DLC) 98041545 (OCoLC)39849430 |
| ISBN |
0585077517 (electronic book) |
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9780585077512 (electronic book) |
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0262194155 |
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