Leaving home as a self-selection device

Economica

Volumn 70, Issue 279, 2003, Pages 423-438

  Jellal, Mohamed ^a   Wolff, François Charles ^b  

^a ENSAM ESTP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0041825682     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.t01-1-00291     Document Type: Article

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