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| Akira WAKISAKA |
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Labour Economics, Seminar |
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B. A. Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University (March 1977)
M.A. Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University (March 1979)
Doctor Course, Graduate of Economics, Kyoto University (April 1979- March 1982)
Doctor of Economics, Kyoto University (May 1999) |
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Assistant, Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor of Economics, Okayama University (April 1982-March 1999)
Professor of Economics, Gakushuin University (April 1999- )
Head of Gakushuin University Research Institute Economics and Management
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Research Interests
Employment Policy, Women’s Labour, Work-Life Balance
Research/Publications
Publications in English
"Women at work" in M.Sako and H.Sato eds., Japanese Labour and Management in Transition -- diversity,flexibility and participation.(131-150) London and NY;Routledge 1997
"Why is the part-time rate higher in Japan than in South Korea(with Haesun Bae) in Jacqueline O'Reilly and Colette Fagan eds., Part-time Prospects-- an international comparison of part-time work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim(252-264) London and NY;Routledge 1998
"Work-sharing in Japan", Japan Labor Bulletin Vol.41, No.6（7-13） June 2002
Publication in Japanese(recently)
[Books]
Wakisaka, A. (1993) Women career formaton with a viewpoint of types of work shopfloor.
Ochanomizu, Tokyo,Japan (Enlarged edition in 1998)
Wakisaka, A. (2002) Work-sharing in Japan. PHP, Tokyo, Japan.
Wakisaka, Akira, and Denki Rengo Research & Information Center , ed.
(2002), Working Women in the 21st Century - Can Today's Labor Unions Respond
to Working Women. Daiichi Shorin, Tokyo.
Mitani, Naoki and Wakisaka Akira eds.(2002), Economic Analysis of Micro Business. Tokyo University Press, Tokyo
[Articles]
Wakisaka, Akira (2002), "Structural Changes and Employment System
in Japan toward the 21st Century - From a Viewpoint of Women Workers"
Japan Journal of Human Resource Management , Vol. 4, No. 1.
Wakisaka, Akira (2003), " Utilizing Childcare Leave Scheme in the Workplace Current Conditions and the Future Issues", The Journal of the Japan Institute of Labour.
Other Activities
Executive Director of Career Design Institute-Japan.
Member of the Japan Society of Human Resource Management , the Society
for the Study of Social Policy and Japan Economic Association.
Research submitted from the Japan Institute for Labour Policy(JILPT) and Training or the Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards(Rengo-Soken), and so on. |
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