Overview
- Emphasizes the link between family behavior and processes of social and economic stratification as one of the most important topics in current research on the second demographic transition
- Employs distinctive features of Japanese society to extend research on growing socioeconomic differentials in family behavior in ways that are both interesting and important
- Summarizes, updates, and synthesizes the existing research on this topic in Japan, much of which has been conducted by the authors
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies (BRIEFSPOPULAT)
Part of the book sub series: Population Studies of Japan (POPULAT)
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Miho Iwasawa, Senior Researcher, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, iwasawa-miho@ipss.go.jp, Hibiya Kokusai Building 6th Floor,
2-2-3 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011 Japan
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diverging Destinies
Book Subtitle: The Japanese Case
Authors: James M. Raymo, Miho Iwasawa
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0185-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0184-0Published: 08 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0185-7Published: 28 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2211-3215
Series E-ISSN: 2211-3223
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 62
Number of Illustrations: 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Demography, Family, Public Policy