Divorce in Japan: Why it happens, why it doesn't

Institutional Change in Japan

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 221-236

  Ono, Hiroshi ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203968819     Document Type: Chapter

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