States that there is compelling evidence that the Japanese retail distribution system is changing. This study uses census data for ten years (1985 to 1994) to understand past changes in the structure of the retail distribution system. To understand the likely changes to the distribution system...

This paper presents an analysis of gender patters in an intra-household allocation of resources based on household level consumption data. Invoking the assumption that households seek to equalize the marginal utility of expenditures when they allocate resources over the life-cycle, the paper...