Informal care and the division of end-of-life transfers

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 191-219

  Brown, Meta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 33645384674     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.xli.1.191     Document Type: Article

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