Efficiency in family bargaining: Living arrangements and caregiving decisions of adult children and disabled elderly parents

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-96

  Pezzin, Liliana E ^a   Pollak, Robert A ^b,c   Schone, Barbara S ^d,e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; GAME THEORY; MODELING;

EID: 34147154211     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifm004     Document Type: Article

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