Women's employment in Japan and the timing of marriage and childbirth

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 156-184

  Higuchi, Yoshio ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; DECISION MAKING; GENDER ISSUE; MARRIAGE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0035000962     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5876.00188     Document Type: Article

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