Population aging and consumption inequality in Japan

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 361-381

  Ohtake, Fumio ^a   Saito, Makoto ^a  

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EID: 0032283814     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1998.tb00287.x     Document Type: Article

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