Old age pension and intergenerational living arrangements: a regression discontinuity design

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 455-476

  Chen, Xi ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Living arrangement; RD design; Rural pension; Service consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939136102     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-015-9304-y     Document Type: Article

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