Childlessness and intergenerational transfers: What is at stake?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1171-1183

  Kohli, Martin ^a   Albertini, Marco ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childlessness; Intergenerational transfers; Social networks; Social participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ELDERLY POPULATION; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 72849142100     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X09990341     Document Type: Article

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