Transfers from older parents to their adult children in Taiwan and the Philippines

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-294

  Agree, Emily M ^a,d   Biddeecom, Ann E ^b   Chang, Ming Cheng ^c   Perez, Aurora E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c National Institute of Family Planning   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Coresidence; Intergenerational transfers; Philippines; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644463832     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023085818629     Document Type: Article

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