Japan’s gender-biased social security policy

Japan Forum

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-196

  Mikanagi, Yumiko ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elderly care; Equal Employment Opportunity Law of 1985; Gendered division of labour; Liberal Democratic Party; Neo liberalism; Social security policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994183320     PISSN: 09555803     EISSN: 1469932X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09555809808721612     Document Type: Article

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