Changes in Work and Family Life in Japan Under COVID-19 (Population Studies of Japan)

Contents
Contributors
1 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Japanese Society
	1.1 Occurrence of the COVID-19 Pandemic
	1.2 Japan’s Infection Status and COVID-19 Countermeasures
	1.3 Impact of COVID-19 on Japan’s Economic Activities
	1.4 Impact of COVID-19 on Japanese Work and Family Life
		1.4.1 Employment and Telework
		1.4.2 Family Life
		1.4.3 Family Formation Under Low Fertility
	References
2 How Does Telework Contribute to Generating Inequality During the COVID-19 Pandemic? The New Origin of Inequality in Japan
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Previous Research
		2.2.1 Scope and Definition of Telework
		2.2.2 Utilization of ICT, SBTC Hypothesis, and Telework Practice
		2.2.3 COVID-19 Pandemic as an Environmental Factor
		2.2.4 The Consequences of Telework
		2.2.5 Context of Telework in Japan
	2.3 Analytical Strategies
	2.4 Data, Methods, and Variables
		2.4.1 Data and Methods
		2.4.2 Variables
	2.5 Home-Based Telework During the COVID-19 Pandemic
		2.5.1 Descriptive Statistics
		2.5.2 Inequality in Access to Telework
		2.5.3 The Consequences of Home-Based Telework
	2.6 Discussion and Conclusion
	References
3 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Gender Gap in Domestic Labor: Evidence from a Two-Wave Survey in Japan
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Previous Research on the Division of Domestic Labor
	3.3 The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Gender Gap in Domestic Labor
	3.4 Factors Associated with Changes in the Gender Gap in Domestic Labor During the Pandemic
	3.5 Methods
		3.5.1 Data and Samples
		3.5.2 Measures
		3.5.3 Analytical Procedures
	3.6 Results
		3.6.1 Descriptive Statistics
		3.6.2 Multivariate Analysis
	3.7 Conclusion
	References
4 The Impact of the COVID-19 on Fertility in Eastern Asia: The Case of Japan
	4.1 The COVID-19 in Eastern Asia
		4.1.1 The Situation in 2020 and 2021
		4.1.2 The Situation in 2022
		4.1.3 The Impact of COVID-19 Measures on Fertility in Eastern Asia
	4.2 COVID-19 and the Pregnancy Intension of Japan
	4.3 Data and Method
	4.4 Result
		4.4.1 Reviewing Japan’s Low Fertility from the COVID-19 Pandemic
	4.5 Conclusion
	References
Conclusion