IKEDA Shingou

As of April 2024

Title, Research section

Vice Research Director, Human Resource Management

Area/Field of Research

Work–Life Balance

Education

Final Education: Graduated in Doctor Course, School of Decision Science and Technology,

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Degree: MA

Research Projects

Japan Labor Issues

• Vol.6, No.37, March-April, 2022
  The Future of the Japanese Long-Term Employment Society: The Consequences of Post-Industrialization and Increase of Unmarried Workers (PDF:2.75MB)
• Vol.5, No.30, April-May, 2021
  The Necessity of Reduced Working Hours under the Re-familization of Elderly Care (PDF:983KB)
• Vol.3, No.17, August-September, 2019
  Women’s Employment Status and Family Responsibility in Japan: Focusing on the Breadwinner Role (PDF:476KB)
• Vol.3, No.15, June, 2019
  Combining Work and Family Care in Japan
  Part II: What is the Challenge after Reforming the Long-term Care Leave System? (PDF:973KB)
• Vol.3, No.14, May, 2019
  Combining Work and Family Care in Japan
  Part I: Why do Women Leave Jobs at the Stage of Childbirth? (PDF:342KB)

Japan Labor Review

• Vol.14, No.1, Winter 2017
  Family Care Leave and Job Quitting Due to Caregiving: Focus on the Need for Long-Term Leave (PDF:1.14MB)
• Vol.7, No.1, Winter 2010
  Company Size and Childcare Leave: The Problems of Support for Women's Job Continuity (PDF:613KB)

JILPT Research Report

• No.221 Changing Employment Society and its Vitality: Challenges of Work Styles Adapted to the Industrial Structure and Demographics (2022)
• No.210 The Future of the Japanese Long-Term Employment Society: The Consequences of Post-Industrialization and Increase of Unmarried Workers (2021)
• No.208 Disparities Associated with Work and Child-Rearing (2021)
• No.204 Combining Work and Care under the Re-familization of Elderly Care in Japan (2020)
• No.192 Childcare, Family Care and Pursuing Vocational Careers: Women’s Labor Force Participation and Men’s Home Life (2017)
• No.185 Polarization of Working Styles and Regular Employees: Results of Secondary Analysis of JILPT Questionnaire Surveys (2016)
• Mo.180 Research on the Work and Lives of Non-Regular Workers in Mid-Prime Age: With focus on career analysis (2015)
• No.170 Combining Work and Care (2015)
• No.164 Research on the Work and Lives of Middle-aged (35-44) Non-Regular Workers: Analysis of present situation (2014)
• No.150 Childbirth/Childcare and Job Continuity – Addressing Job Mobility and 24–hour Society – (PDF:372KB) (2012)
• No.136 Job Continuity at the Stage of Childbirth/Childcare: Trends from 2005 Onward (PDF:116KB) (2011)
• No.122 Woman's Ways of Working and Job Continuation at the Stage of Childbirth/childcare -- the Problems of Supporting the Continuation Process and Building Workplaces that Encourage Woman to Continue Working -- (PDF:116KB) (2010)
• No.109 Childcare Leave System and Women’s Job Continuity - Comparative Analysis by Company Size- (PDF:171KB) (2009)
• No.99 The Fixed -Term Contract Employees and Childcare Leave (PDF:96KB) (2008)
• No.73 For Expanded Use of Family Care Leave System – Report on “the Study of the Utilization of Family Care Leave System and Related Matters” – (PDF:103KB) (2006)
• No.64 Balancing Work with Life: Childcare and Family Care (PDF:57.2KB) (2006)
• No.50 Support for Balancing Work and Childcare: Cooperation among Companies, Families, and Communities (PDF:61KB) (2006)
• No.2 How Work Consciousness Changes: Analysis of the Survey Results on Working Life (1999, 2000, and 2001) (2004)

Academic Societies' Membership

The Japan Sociological Society

The Kantoh Sociological Society