Intergenerational contact and support: The long-term effects of marital instability in Italy

Families, Ageing and Social Policy: Intergenerational Solidarity in European Welfare States

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 194-216

  Albertini, Marco ^a   Saraceno, Chiara ^b,c  

^a Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Investigaciones   (Spain)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 77951997939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781848445147.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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