Intergenerational time transfers and childcare

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 431-454

  Cardia, Emanuela ^a   Ng, Serena ^b  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Grandparenting; Home production; Intergenerational transfers; Overlapping generations; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037949210     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-2025(03)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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