Can formal elderly care stimulate female labor supply? The Japanese experience

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-115

  Sugawara, Shinya ^a,b   Nakamura, Jiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly care; Female labor supply; Japanese Long Term Care Insurance program; Regular workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903885374     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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