Leaving home in Europe: The role of parents' and children's incomes

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-73

  le Blanc, David ^a   Wolff, François Charles ^b,c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Altruism; Co residence; Income distribution; Intergenerational transfers; Leaving home

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645727685     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-005-6697-z     Document Type: Article

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