Do sons or daughters give more money to parents in urban China?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 174-186

  Xie, Yu ^a   Zhu, Haiyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Gender; Intergenerational support

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849134181     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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