Between reforms and birth rates: Germany, Japan, and family policy discourse

Social Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-360

  Seeleib Kaiser, Martin ^a   Toivonen, Tuukka ^b  

^a Green Templeton College ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052686952     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxr016     Document Type: Article

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