A survey of household saving behaviour

The Demographic Challenge: A Handbook about Japan

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 879-897

  Horioka, Charles Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84940731201     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004154773.i-1199.362     Document Type: Chapter

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