Income insecurity and youth emancipation: A theoretical approach

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Fernandes, Ana ^a   Becker, Sascha O ^b,c   Bentolila, Samuel ^c   Ichino, Andrea ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMFI ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coresidence; Emancipation; Income insecurity; Option value; Partial altruism; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749132313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1783     Document Type: Article

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