{"product_id":"how-the-pandemic-changed-work-yuji-genda-9784766429664","title":"How the Pandemic Changed Work in Japan: Bearing Witness through Data","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe from 2019 had a major impact on the way people lived and worked. People refrained from going out and, inevitably, the way people worked underwent drastic changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003eWhat kind of working environment enabled people to best adapt to the emergency?Did the pandemic impact urban and rural areas differently?How did the pandemic affect workers with children?\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book adopts a thoroughly data-driven approach, relying primarily on data from the Japanese Panel Survey of Employment Dynamics by the Recruit Works Institute. The JPSED has been tracking a sample of 50,000 people since 2016, and is thus one of largest of the very few surveys in Japan that has tracked the same individuals since before the pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven scholars and researchers examined the pandemic's impact on working styles and analyzed the data from various perspectives to identify changes in the labor market in Japan, including telework, work-childcare relations, and disparities in employment status, which makes the book a valuable historical testimony of a distinct turning point in Japan's work culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yuji Genda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 4766429664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9784766429664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Keio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Yuji Genda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46334703665407,"sku":"9784766429664","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c459c0de-e187-46e2-9f55-ff3107cc5a90.jpg?v=1731467540","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-the-pandemic-changed-work-yuji-genda-9784766429664","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}