Parental transfers and the labor supply of children

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 853-877

  Wolff, François Charles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Altruism; Child's labor supply; Pocket money

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749345356     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0012-4     Document Type: Article

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