Pension Participation: Do Parents Transmit Time Preference?

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-150

  Gouskova, Elena ^a   Chiteji, Ngina ^b   Stafford, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family and economic issues; Human capital theory; Intergenerational correlations; Pensions; Saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955853068     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-010-9181-8     Document Type: Article

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