Order amidst change: Work and family trajectories in Japan

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 76-88

  Rindfuss, Ronald R ^a,b   Choe, Minja Kim ^a   Kabamalan, Maria Midea M ^c   Tsuya, Noriko O ^d   Bumpass, Larry L ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Fertility; Japan; Life course; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649466186     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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