Wage differentials and labour supply of married women in Japan: Part-time and informal sector work opportunities

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-42

  Nagase, Nobuko ^a  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOUR SUPPLY; MARRIED WOMEN; PART TIME WORK; WAGE INEQUALITY;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031466456     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5876.00034     Document Type: Article

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