Living Arrangements in Western Europe: Does Cultural Origin Matter?
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Living Arrangements in Western Europe: Does Cultural Origin Matter?
Living Arrangements in Western Europe: Does Cultural Origin Matter? Why are there such large differences in living arrangements across Western European countries? Conventional economic analyses have not been successful in explaining differences in living arrangements and particularly the dramatic increase in the fraction of young adults living with their parents in Mediterranean Europe. This pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.894038