The low status accorded to part-time workers in Japan has resulted in huge inequalities in the workplace. This book examines the problem in-depth using case-stu

Original research on the changing roles of women in Japan and Korea.

Comprises a collection of papers which use an interdisciplinary and cross-country comparative framework to understand why nonstandard work has grown in so many

Since economists traditionally focus on market activities, women's non-wage labour has not been registered in works on economic development. On the other hand,