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Patterns and Factors of First Marriage: A Comparative Analysis of Early Modern and Contemporary Japan

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  • Noriko Tsuya

    (Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

  • Satomi Kurosu

    (Department of Foreign Languages, Reitaku University)

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This paper examines similarities and differences in the determining mechanism of the likelihood of first marriage among young men and women in early modern and contemporary Japan, by estimating the socioeconomic and family factors of first marriage in three rural communities in 18th- and 19th-century northeastern Japan and Japan as a whole in 1960 to 2000.

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  • Noriko Tsuya & Satomi Kurosu, 2019. "Patterns and Factors of First Marriage: A Comparative Analysis of Early Modern and Contemporary Japan," Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series 2019-012, Institute for Economics Studies, Keio University.
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    Keywords

    First marriage; Factors; Early modern Japan; Contemporary Japan;
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    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure

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