Financial support and practical help between older parents and their middle-aged children in Europe

Ageing and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 645-662

  Deindl, Christian ^a   Brandt, Martina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

comparative research; crowding in; crowding out; Europe; intergenerational transfers; specialisation; welfare state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CROWDING (AREA); EASTERN EUROPE; FAMILY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; PROGENY; RETIREMENT; WELFARE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 82455254221     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10001212     Document Type: Article

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