Marriage market mismatches in Japan: An alternetive view of the relationship between women's education and marriage

American Sociological Review

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 801-822

  Raymo, James M ^a   Iwasawa, Miho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POPULATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MARRIAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 30444460769     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240507000504     Document Type: Article

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