Is the Full-Time Housewife a Symbol of a Wealthy Family?

Japanese Political Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 25-56

  Kohara, Miki ^a  

^a National Graduate Institute   (Japan)

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EID: 79953053500     PISSN: 2329194X     EISSN: 23291958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JES1097-203X340402     Document Type: Article

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