A nest or a golden cage? Family co-residence and human capital investment decisions of young adults

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 227-245

  Giannelli, Gianna Claudia ^a   Monfardini, Chiara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Costs; Family life; Housing; Human capital theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034407828     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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