Should I stay or should I go? The impact of age norms on leaving home

Demography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 181-198

  Billari, Francesco C ^a   Liefbroer, Aart C ^b,c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34248551489     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2007.0000     Document Type: Article

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