Investing in Children: Changes in Parental Spending on Children, 1972-2007

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-23

  Kornrich, Sabino ^a   Furstenberg, Frank ^b  

^a Juan March Institute   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Consumption; Human capital; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872897363     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-012-0146-4     Document Type: Article

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