Raising Children to Work Hard: Altruism, Work Norms, and Social Insurance*
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Quarterly Journal of Economics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0033-5533,1531-4650
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.121.4.1473