tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post8382786676469336963..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: No Child Left Behind - The Latest Statistics On DaycareMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-30061923748732961152012-11-05T04:34:05.292+09:002012-11-05T04:34:05.292+09:00Herr Morén -
In strictly legal terms, maternity l...Herr Morén -<br /><br />In strictly legal terms, maternity leave in Japan and Sweden are not so different. The societal acceptance of maternity and sick child leave goes down fast as one descends the ladder of company size. However, that effect is understandable. For company size to not be a factor would be perverse.<br /><br />I was not arguing that Italy is an outlier; indeed, quite the opposite. I was questioning the IMF author's ability to label Italy an outlier among the G7. One has to assume a particularly stupid reader to talk about a norm in group of seven countries that is true only if you dump two of the countries in the group.<br />MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-38968629460705963692012-11-04T10:57:58.610+09:002012-11-04T10:57:58.610+09:00I am Swedish. Twenty minutes by bicycle to bring y...I am Swedish. Twenty minutes by bicycle to bring your kid to and from daycare is completely normal, even somewhat short. You see hordes (quite literally) of people doing exactly this during morning rush hour in Stockholm and other major cities. If she lived in Sweden, she'd have to do exactly what she is doing now, except through snow and dark for about half the year.<br /><br />With that said, she and her husband would have other financial and societal supports not available in Japan, including a legal right to (and societal acceptance for) paid child leave and right to return to work afterwards.<br /><br />Another reaction: Todai has only 20% female students? NAIST, where I worked until recently, is a science graduate-school only, and even they manage 20% female students. Ritsumeikan manages 35%, as does Osaka. And in other places (such as my home country), women generally outnumber men among undergraduates today.<br /><br />Oh, and by the way, Italy _is_ an outlier, with much the same problems as Japan, including a lousy child-bearing ratio and graying population. Not to mention a similarly dysfunctional political system, but that's a point ofr a different time.<br />Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.com