Reduced non-regular workers Why more women than men June 8 15:48
The number of female non-regular workers has decreased by 710,000. According to a national survey, the employment of non-regular workers this April decreased by 970,000 compared to the same month last year, of which more than 70% were female workers. It seems to be the effect of the new coronavirus, but why are women more affected than men?
When I analyze the data...
This time, we analyzed the labor force survey published at the end of last month. This data is released monthly by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and it is data that shows the number of workers by regular, non-regular, and industry.
According to this, the number of non-regular workers working as part-time workers and temporary workers is 2019 million people as of April. It was down by 970,000 compared to the same month last year. Of these, women accounted for 710,000, accounting for more than 70%.
Next, I took a closer look at the industries in which women have declined.
▽The most decreasing number was "restaurants" with 160,000 people
▽following "food and beverage retailers" with 80,000 people
▽"wholesale business" with 70,000 people
▽"grocery manufacturing industry" with 60,000 people
▽ "Accommodation" was 50,000 people
▽ "Laundry, barber, beauty and bath industry" was 40,000 people.
After all, it can be seen that the number is increasing in industries affected by self-restraint by the new coronavirus, such as restaurants, retail, and lodging.
But why are there so many women? Therefore, this time, I calculated the ratio of female non-regular workers to the total number of workers, including regular and non-regular workers, for each industry.
Then...
▽62% of "food and beverage retailing"
▽57% of "restaurant" ▽
49% of "laundry/barber/beauty/bathhouse"
▽44% of "accommodation"
▽39 of "food manufacturing" % Etc.
In fact, the industry in which women reduced their employment this time was where the proportion of female non-regular workers was large. In other words, in the industries that had a large impact, the proportion of women was extremely high due to the employment structure.
Certainly, there was an impression that they were workplaces with many women, but honestly, I was surprised at this point.
In the first place, the Lehman shock should have led to a shift to regular employment.
So I analyzed the data for regular and non-regular workers again.
Comparing 2019 with 2009, the year after the Lehman shock, the number of regular workers increased by 990,000, while the number of non-regular workers increased by 4.38 million.
In addition, 2.75 million people, more than 60% of the increased number of non-regular workers, were women. More than 10 years after the Lehman shock, the number of non-regular workers, especially female workers, increased. And it seems that many of them were the types of jobs that were most affected this time.
Under these circumstances, Professor Kenji Hashimoto of Waseda University, who is familiar with the problems of labor and disparities, points out as follows.
“The non-regular female workers account for a large proportion of the occupations that were requested to refrain from self-restraint, and they are structurally more susceptible to this. Many of the employees are likely to be unemployed, and the data for the next month are shown. May have more serious consequences. The country should take steps such as simplifying the procedure for leave compensation and encouraging negative companies to apply.”