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GLOBAL
OBSERVATORY
OF LONG-TERM
CARE

Part of the International Long-Term Care Policy Network (ILPN)

 

Shingou Ikeda

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training

Shingou Ikeda

Job Title: Professor (Vice Research Director)

Section: Human Resource Management

Major: Sociology of Work and Human Resource Management

Degree: Ph.D. in Business Administration

Award: The 46th Annual Award for Research Monographs on Labor, 2023

(The Highest Distinction Award for Labor Research in Japan)

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Japan;
Topics Gender and care; LTC Policy; LTC Systems;
Methods Analysis of administrative data; Case studies; Comparative policy analysis; Interviews; Surveys; Theory and frameworks;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Employment Education and Family carers; Long-Term Care Policy; Working Conditions and Wages in Long-Term Care;
Websitehttps://www.jil.go.jp/english/profile/ikeda.html
ORC.ID0000-0001-8373-1578
Research interests

Combining Paid Work and Family Care
Key publications

・“Japan” Hamblin, K.,Heyes, J. and Fast, J(eds), Combining Work and Care; Carer Leave and Related Employment Policies in International Context, pp.183-205.2024.

・The Necessity of Reduced Working Hours under the Re-familization of Elderly Care, Japan Labor Issues, Vol.5, No.30,2021.

・Women’s Employment Status and Family Responsibility in Japan: Focusing on the Breadwinner Role, Japan Labor Issues, Vol.3, No.17, 2019.

・“What is the Challenge after Reforming the Long-term Care Leave System?” Japan Labor Issues Vol.3, No.15, pp.18-23, 2019.

・Combining Work and Family Care in Japan Part II: What is the Challenge after Reforming the Long-term Care Leave System?, Japan Labor Issues,Vol.3, No.15,2019.

・Combining Work and Family Care in Japan Part I: Why do Women Leave Jobs at the Stage of Childbirth? Japan Labor Issues, Vol.3, No.14, 2019.

・Family Care Leave and Job Quitting Due to Caregiving: Focus on the Need for Long-Term Leave, Japan Labor Review,Japan Labor Review, Vol.14, No.1, 2017.

・“Supporting working carers’ job continuation in Japan: prolonged care at home in the most aged society” International Journal of Care and Caring, Vol.1, No.1, pp.63–82, 2017

・Addressing the Issue of Fatigue among Working Carers: The Next Challenge after Reforming the Family Care Leave System (PDF:1.5MB), Japan Labor Review, Vol.13, No.2,2016.