Parental human capital investment and old-age transfers from children: Is it a loan contract or reciprocity for Indonesian families?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 389-414

  Raut, Lakshmi K ^a   Tran, Lien H ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital investment; Indonesian Family Life Survey data; Intergenerational transfers; Self enforcing reciprocity

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; HUMAN CAPITAL; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; INVESTMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 18744389464     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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