Boom and Bust in Marriages Between Coworkers and the Marriage Decline in Japan

Japanese Political Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 3-24

  Iwasawa, Miho ^a   Mita, Fusami ^a  

^a Rehabilitation   (Japan)

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EID: 67650120912     PISSN: 2329194X     EISSN: 23291958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JES1097-203X340401     Document Type: Article

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