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

Noriko Tsuya and Satomi Kurosu
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Noriko Tsuya: Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Satomi Kurosu: Department of Foreign Languages, Reitaku University

No 2019-012, Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series from Institute for Economics Studies, Keio University

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: First marriage; Factors; Early modern Japan; Contemporary Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2019-04-15
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