Labor force ageing and economic growth in Japan

Ageing and the Labor Market in Japan: Problems and Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 57-74

  Sakuragawa, Masaya ^a   Makino, Tatsuji ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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