Erratum: Declining fertility rates in Japan: An ageing crisis ahead (East Asia 10.1007/s12140-009-9087-y);Declining fertility rates in Japan: An ageing crisis ahead

East Asia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-190

  Lam, Peng Er ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ageing crisis; Declining fertility rates; Electoral politics; Norms of Japanese corporations and patriarchal society; Relative decline in economics and international affairs; Shrinking manufacturing base (Japan)

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; FERTILITY; MANUFACTURING; POLITICS; POPULATION DECLINE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 70350343824     PISSN: 10966838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12140-009-9091-2     Document Type: Erratum

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