Intergenerational Relationships and Female Inheritance Expectations: Comparative Results From Eight Societies in Asia, Europe, and North America

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 690-705

  Nauck, Bernhard ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

inheritance; Intergenerational relationships; kinship; transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955861772     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110375161     Document Type: Article

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