Women and housing assets in the context of Japan's home-owning democracy

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 641-660

  Hirayama, Yosuke ^a   Izuhara, Misa ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; HOMEOWNERSHIP; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 51349089538     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279408002250     Document Type: Article

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