Family structure and the reproduction of inequality: Parents' contribution to children's college costs

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 876-887

  Henretta, John C ^a   Wolf, Douglas A ^b   Van Voorhis, Matthew F ^a   Soldo, Beth J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

College cost; Family structure; Intergenerational transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862194886     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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