Description

In this seminar we present the analysis from two large surveys on young people’s early career formation conducted in Tokyo and Toronto. Our surveys show that both Canadian and Japanese youths are finding it more difficult to achieve their careers. In both countries, young people are taking longer time finding their career jobs and living with their parents longer. However, Canadian and Japanese youths are also different in terms of their racial and ethnic backgrounds, and in terms of their gender-based experiences in the labour market and expectations of work, and in their co-residency patterns with their parents.

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Mami Iwakami is a Professor at University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo (Japan). Her special field is Sociology, and major research area is Modern Japanese Family. In the past ten years, she has organized funded research projects, as follows: The Relationships between Young Adults and Their Middle Aged Parents in Low Fertility/Aging Society (2001-2004), International Comparison on Gender based Differences in The Process of Youth’s Career Formation (2006-2008), International Comparative Research on The Support Systems for Youth’s Career Formation (2009-present).

Ito Peng is the Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary & International Affairs, and Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. She teaches political sociology, comparative welfare states, and public policy, specializing in family, gender, and labour market policies, and has written extensively on these topics. Her current research includes: 1) social investment policies in Canada, Australia, Japan, and South Korea; 2) an international comparative research project on demography, gender, and care migration; and 3) an international comparative research on labour market dualization. Professor Peng is an associate researcher for the UNRISD. Dr. Peng received her Ph.D. from London School of Economics.