Parental wealth and resource transfers: How they matter in France for home ownership and living standards

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-223

  Spilerman, Seymour ^a   Wolff, Francois Charles ^b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Homeownership; Intergenerational transfers; Parental assistance; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856324024     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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