What childless older people give: Is the generational link broken?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1261-1274

  Albertini, Marco ^a   Kohli, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Childlessness; Family networks; Generational link; Intergenerational support; Intergenerational transfers

Indexed keywords

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

EUROPE;

EID: 72849152932     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X0999033X     Document Type: Article

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