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Do coresidency and financial transfers from the children reduce the need for elderly parents to works in developing countries?

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  • Lisa Cameron & Deborah Cobb-Clark, 2008. "Do coresidency and financial transfers from the children reduce the need for elderly parents to works in developing countries?," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 21(4), pages 1007-1033, October.
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    DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0105-8
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    Keywords

    Intergenerational transfers; Old-age support; Elderly labour supply; J226; J22; J14;
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    JEL classification:

    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination

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