Can Formal Elderly Care Stimulate Female Labor Supply? The Japanese Experience
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- Sugawara, Shinya & Nakamura, Jiro, 2014. "Can formal elderly care stimulate female labor supply? The Japanese experience," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 98-115.
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- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2014-03-22 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-IAS-2014-03-22 (Insurance Economics)
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