Family background and children's transitions to adulthood over time

The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 261-277

  Guldi, Melanie ^a   Page, Marianne E ^b   Stevens, Ann Huff ^b  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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