Tag: labor rights
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The Stratified Expansion of Higher Education and Employment Inequalities in Japan
In recent decades, manufacturing automation and information technology have transformed the employment structures in advanced capitalist economies. According to Oesch (2015) and Sachs (2020), while lower-skilled manufacturing occupations decrease, the expansion of higher education upskills the labor force and places them in the growing high-skilled occupations that complement technology and automation. However, Japan seems to…
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Women’s Agency in China’s Rural-to-Urban Migrant Communities
While male figures in China’s rural-to-urban migrant force often being portrayed in mass media and state narratives, women’s unique characteristics in this migrant dynamic are not sufficiently disclosed. A special report published on China Labour Bulletin examines the unique difficulties of migrant women, especially their vulnerability to organized crimes and their lack of proper maternal…