Intergenerational family transfers in social context

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 165-180

  Silverstein, Merril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088388-2/50013-4     Document Type: Chapter

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