Availability of Long-term Care Facilities and Middle-aged People's Labor Supply in Japan

Asian Economic Policy Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 95-112

  Kondo, Ayako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; caregiving; employment; labor supply; long term care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008929647     PISSN: 18328105     EISSN: 17483131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aepr.12163     Document Type: Review

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