Social stratification in an aging society with low fertility : the case of Japan / Sawako Shirahase, editor.
This edited book discusses stratification in contemporary Japanese society. It is unique for its empirical examination of social inequality in relation to declining fertility and an aging population. Japan is the most aged society in the world: according to the Statistics Bureau of Japan, people who...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Springer,
[2022]
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| Series: | Economy and social inclusion.
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| Online Access: | Springer Humanities and Social Science eBook Collection 2022 English/International |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1 Class Structure, Education, and Social Mobility in Post-war Japan
- Chapter 2 The changing marriage market and status homogamy
- Chapter 3 Relative Indices of Educational Attainment and Trend Analysis of Inequality of Educational Opportunity Using the 2015 SSM Survey Data
- Chapter 4 Long-Term Trends in Long-Term Employment in Japan
- Chapter 5 Intragenerational Mobility between Regular and Non-regular Employment Sectors in Japan: From the Viewpoint of the Theory of Mobility Regime
- Chapter 6 Gap in Attitudes toward Higher Education between Graduates and Non-graduates: Growing Educational Disparity in Younger Cohorts
- Chapter 7 Effects of Regional Inequality on Political Attitudes: Social Capital and Support for Redistribution and Free Competition
- Chapter 8 Explanation of Socioeconomic Inequality among the Male Elderly: An Approach Based on Estimated Income History
- Chapter 9 Another aspect of social inequality, wealth, in a super-aged society, Japan: Re-examining the conventional framework of social stratification.