Transfers from migrants to their children: Evidence that altruism and cultural factors matter

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 619-644

  Wolff, François Charles ^a   Spilerman, Seymour ^b   Attias Donfut, Claudine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c CNAV   (France)

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EID: 36148987659     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2007.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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