Trends in the Economic Independence of Young Adults in the United States: 1973-2007

Population and Development Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 609-630

  Sironi, Maria ^a   Furstenberg, Frank F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EDUCATION; LABOR MARKET; WAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871839511     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2012.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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