Female Labour

	Technology Change and Female Labour in Japan Title: Index Author: - Publisher: United Nations University Press Published Year: 1994

Index

age distribution, 6, 7, 11, 13, 19-20, 69, 115-116, 137, 140, 151-152
agents: naya, 10, 15-16, 62, 89-90, 195; toiya, 6, 8, 9, 10
agriculture: Asian countries' participation rates in, 202, 208; employment patterns in, 132, 133, 134-135, 137-140, 145-146, 162; technological changes in, 132, 144-146, 196-197
Bangladesh, 202
chemical industry: development of, 12, 13; employment patterns in, 6, 10
children, employment of, 11, 40, 104, 115-116, 120, 121
China, 202, 209
coal-mining: characteristics of labour force in, 60, 62, 69-72, 78; employment patterns in, 9-10, 15-16, 59, 65-69, 85-94, 195; Korean workers in, 90, 94; labour conditions in, 60-65, 72, 80; provision of welfare facilities in, 92-93; technological changes in, 15-16, 78-88
cotton-spinning industry: characteristics of labour force in, 7; development of, 3, 12, 14; employment patterns in, 7, 14; labour conditions in, 7, 13, 14. See also textile industry
dekasegi, 7, 42
diving, shellfish, 150-151, 154, 197
dormitories, for young workers, 50-52, 174
educational background, industry differences in, 20, 72
employment patterns: contemporary, 161, 162; during industrialization, 1, 6-7, 10-12; during inter-war
period, 12-13; during Second World War, 16-18. See also under specific industries
equal employment opportunities, 185-188
export industries, 7, 104-105, 168
Factory Acts, 11, 13, 15, 47
family members, employment of, 62, 99, 141
family-run businesses, 1, 132, 162-163, 196-197. See also agriculture; fisheries
farming. See agriculture
female labour, categories of, 10, 13, 22, 194, 209-210
fisheries: characteristics of labour force in, 151-153; employment patterns in, 133-136, 140-141, 149-150, 153, 154-158, 162, 197
home appliances, effects of introduction of, 22, 161-162, 182-183
Hong Kong, 209
India, 208, 209
Indonesia, 208, 209
industrial structure, changes in, 3, 10-11, 16, 167, 194
Korea, 209
Korean workers, in coal-mining, 90, 94
labour protection laws, 11, 13, 15, 80, 93
laver (nori) farming, 148-150, 154, 197
Malaysia, 208, 209
manufacturing industries: development of, 3, 10-11, 12, 13, 16; employment patterns in, 11-12, 16-18, 124, 168, 197; technological changes in, 167-168, 170-177, 197; working conditions in, 173-177
marine farming, 147-150, 154
married women: in family-run fisheries, 152, 157-158; shift to employment of in industry, 22, 164-165, 177-179, 181, 193
match manufacturing: characteristics of labour force in, 6, 8, 114-116; employment patterns in, 104, 106, 108-111; labour conditions in, 116-118
Nakayamasha, 33-34
naya. See agents, naya
Pakistan, 202
participation curves, 164-165, 198-210
part-time employment, 158, 164-165, 177-182, 193, 197
Philippines, 208, 209
primitive accumulation process, 103
professional employment, female participation rate in, 167, 170, 185
recruitment practices: in coal-mining, 72; in cotton-spinning industry, 7, 14; in silk-reeling industry, 14-15, 30-31, 42-43, 50
Regulations for the Relief of Miners, 80, 85
Rokkusha, 33
rural women, as source of industrial labour, 7, 8, 20, 41-42, 162-163
Second World War, mobilization of female labour during, 16-20
silk-reeling industry: characteristics of labour force in, 8, 14, 31, 38-42; development of, 3, 7-8, 13, 14; employment patterns in, 38; labour conditions in, 8, 14-15, 42-55, 194-195; technological changes in 14, 25-26, 28-38, 194-195. See also textile industry
Singapore, 209
social status, of female workers, 8, 9
social structure, changes in, 22-23, 98, 103, 118-124, 161, 185, 187, 188-189
Sri Lanka, 208, 209
straw mat production, 9
technological change, 1, 16, 161-162, 167-170, 182-183, 211; in agriculture, 144-146, 196-197; in coal-mining, 15-16, 78-88; in fisheries, 136, 146-149, 196, 197; in manufacturing industries, 167-168, 170-177, 197; in silk-reeling industry, 14, 25-26, 28-38; in textile industry, 11, 14; in tobacco industry, 9
textile industry: characteristics of labour force in, 8, 20; development of, 10-11, 12-13, 15; employment patterns in, 6, 10-11, 13, 172-173; labour conditions in, 8, 11, 15. See also cotton-spinning industry; silk-reeling industry
Thailand, 198-202, 209
tobacco industry, 6, 9
Tomioka Silk Filature, 28-31, 33
training centres: for coal-mine workers, 93; for urban poor, 101-103
Tsukiji Silk Filature, 28, 29, 33
unions, 45, 180
urban lower class, development of, 98-106, 195-196
urban women, as source of industrial labour, 9, 10, 20, 104, 107-108, 195
wages: in coal-mining, 72; in cotton-spinning industry, 7, 11; in manufacturing industries, 174; in match manufacturing, 114-115, 117; for part-time
workers, 179-180; in silk-reeling industry, 8, 44, 48-49
welfare facilities: in coal-mining, 92-93; in silk-reeling industry, 52-55
working hours: in coal-mining, 15, 80, 94; in cotton-spinning industry, 6, 13; for part-time workers, 180-181; in silk-reeling industry, 8, 46-47