Gender-specific labor market conditions and family formation

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-174

  Kondo, Ayako ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertility; Marriage; Unemployment rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755188031     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-011-0367-7     Document Type: Article

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