Naoko Soma
Biographic Data
| ID | 388144 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naoko Soma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naoko |
| FAMILY NAME | Soma |
| SIGNATURE | SOMA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yokohama National University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
More Than the Sum of Multiple Care
A growing population in economically developed societies are simultaneously providing childcare and older adult care, or sandwich care. The existing studies reveal that sandwich carers are more physically, mentally and financially challenged than those providing dyadic care. This article explores an understudied area of sandwich care and ambivalence. Ambivalence encompasses the difficulties, challenges, and range of feelings, including guilt, ang…
Active labour market policies in Japan
Japan has been characterized as a company-centred society in which ‘welfare through work’ is the main source of welfare provision. Although the Employment Insurance scheme contains some elements of active labour market policies, these are based on a lifelong employment system that prevents rather than promotes labour mobility among companies. The traditional model has recently been challenged. Young people can no longer easily find stable jobs be…
Care regimes and responses
The five Asian societies reviewed in this special issue have exhibited similar demographic trends, which have, in turn, presented similar challenges to their care systems. Various care regimes and arrangements have been initiated to tackle these recent challenges. Care regimes rely on care services from different sectors. While the family retains its significant role in all these societies, its care burden has been shared by other sectors, especi…
Comparative framework for care regime analysis in East Asia
This special issue focuses on the changing care regimes for children and older people in the East Asian societies of China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. As a result of dramatic changes in family structures and behaviours, each society has been struggling to reform its care regime. Each chapter addresses the impact of demographic trends on the care regimes, and the conclusion highlights the similarities and differences among these societies…
Child care and elder care regimes in Japan
Japan has one of the lowest fertility rates (1.37 in 2009) and one of the highest proportions of seniors (22.1% in 2009) in the world. Pronatalist policy reforms have been developed in recent years, which call into question long-standing assumptions about the provision of care by the state, the market, non-profit organisations and the family. This article examines how the balance of the four poles of the “care diamond” is changing in terms of fin…
Child care and elder care regimes in Japan
Japan has one of the lowest fertility rates (1.37 in 2009) and one of the highest proportions of seniors (22.1% in 2009) in the world. Pronatalist policy reforms have been developed in recent years, which call into question long-standing assumptions about the provision of care by the state, the market, non-profit organisations and the family. This article examines how the balance of the four poles of the “care diamond” is changing in terms of fin…
Comparative framework for care regime analysis in East Asia
This special issue focuses on the changing care regimes for children and older people in the East Asian societies of China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. As a result of dramatic changes in family structures and behaviours, each society has been struggling to reform its care regime. Each chapter addresses the impact of demographic trends on the care regimes, and the conclusion highlights the similarities and differences among these societies…
Care regimes and responses
The five Asian societies reviewed in this special issue have exhibited similar demographic trends, which have, in turn, presented similar challenges to their care systems. Various care regimes and arrangements have been initiated to tackle these recent challenges. Care regimes rely on care services from different sectors. While the family retains its significant role in all these societies, its care burden has been shared by other sectors, especi…
Active labour market policies in Japan
Japan has been characterized as a company-centred society in which ‘welfare through work’ is the main source of welfare provision. Although the Employment Insurance scheme contains some elements of active labour market policies, these are based on a lifelong employment system that prevents rather than promotes labour mobility among companies. The traditional model has recently been challenged. Young people can no longer easily find stable jobs be…
Care regimes and responses
The five Asian societies reviewed in this special issue have exhibited similar demographic trends, which have, in turn, presented similar challenges to their care systems. Various care regimes and arrangements have been initiated to tackle these recent challenges. Care regimes rely on care services from different sectors. While the family retains its significant role in all these societies, its care burden has been shared by other sectors, especi…
Comparative framework for care regime analysis in East Asia
This special issue focuses on the changing care regimes for children and older people in the East Asian societies of China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. As a result of dramatic changes in family structures and behaviours, each society has been struggling to reform its care regime. Each chapter addresses the impact of demographic trends on the care regimes, and the conclusion highlights the similarities and differences among these societies…
Child care and elder care regimes in Japan
Japan has one of the lowest fertility rates (1.37 in 2009) and one of the highest proportions of seniors (22.1% in 2009) in the world. Pronatalist policy reforms have been developed in recent years, which call into question long-standing assumptions about the provision of care by the state, the market, non-profit organisations and the family. This article examines how the balance of the four poles of the “care diamond” is changing in terms of fin…
Active labour market policies in Japan
Japan has been characterized as a company-centred society in which ‘welfare through work’ is the main source of welfare provision. Although the Employment Insurance scheme contains some elements of active labour market policies, these are based on a lifelong employment system that prevents rather than promotes labour mobility among companies. The traditional model has recently been challenged. Young people can no longer easily find stable jobs be…
More Than the Sum of Multiple Care
A growing population in economically developed societies are simultaneously providing childcare and older adult care, or sandwich care. The existing studies reveal that sandwich carers are more physically, mentally and financially challenged than those providing dyadic care. This article explores an understudied area of sandwich care and ambivalence. Ambivalence encompasses the difficulties, challenges, and range of feelings, including guilt, ang…
Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 works) · Development economics (2 works) · East Asia (2 works) · Elder care (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works)