A new look at married women's labor force transitions in Japan

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 460-472

  Raymo, James M ^a   Lim, So jung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Family; Japan; Labor force participation; Married women; Multi state hazard model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955017473     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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