Assistance to aging parents and parents-in-law: Does lineage affect family allocation decisions?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 418-431

  Shuey, Kim ^a   Hardy, Melissa A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caregiving; Consanguineal; Intergenerational transfers; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038011828     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00418.x     Document Type: Review

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