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>open up the economy to more people (women, in Japan's male-dominated workforce) This may be a short term solution to budgetary problems, but it's likely to pu
by gozur88 9y ago
>open up the economy to more people (women, in Japan's male-dominated workforce)
This may be a short term solution to budgetary problems, but it's likely to push the birth rate down even farther.
- greglindahl 9y agoOne reason Japanese women don't have children because they are forced to quit their jobs if they have a kid. Letting these women keep their jobs and providing great childcare is one way to help the economy and encourage bigger families. The section of the article labeled "The new world of work" discusses this issue, although it doesn't go into much details about the pressure on new mothers to quit their jobs.
- candiodari 9y agoWhy are they so unwilling to fix the problem though ? This sounds like a problem, and obviously it's not legal. So let's simply introduce a law: "Any legal entity that fires any woman within 2 years of her having a child for any reason has to pay out 10 years of pay to her on the spot. If there is so much of a suspicion of her getting fired because of having a child, same. If there is a suspicion of a woman not getting hired for getting a kid, same" Problem solved.
- gozur88 9y agoIf you pass a law like that nobody will hire women. "For any reason"? That would never work.
- candiodari 9y agoThen we make that a very expensive proposition for large companies. Just add, we allow up to 60-40% gender ratio. Anything more costs math.power($1000, ratio-60%).
- dismantlethesun 9y agoI am kind of ambivalent about solutions that require the government to punish people. I'd much prefer a nuanced (i.e. not simple) solution that avoids negative consequences.