The health effects of caregiving by grandparents in Taiwan: An instrumental variable estimation

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 521-540

  Ku, Li Jung E ^a,b   Stearns, Sally C ^a   Van Houtven, Courtney H ^c   Holmes, George M ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Elderly health; Grandparent; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869199076     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-012-9154-9     Document Type: Article

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