Parents' economic support of young-adult children: Do socioeconomic circumstances matter?

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 447-471

  Cobb Clark, Deborah A ^a   Gørgens, Tue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co residence; Financial gifts; Socioeconomic disadvantage; Youth outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893662226     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-013-0484-6     Document Type: Article

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