Passing It On: Parent-to-Adult Child Financial Transfers for School and Socioeconomic Attainment

Passing It On: Parent-to-Adult Child Financial Transfers for School and Socioeconomic Attainment

As wealth inequality increases, the importance of parental financial transfers for socioeconomic attainment may also rise. Using data from the 2013 Panel Study of Income Dynamics Rosters and Transfers Module, this study investigates two questions: how parental financial transfers for education have...

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Main Author: Emily Rauscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russell Sage Foundation 2016-10-01
Series:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Subjects:
financial transfers
socioeconomic attainment
intergenerational inequality
education
Online Access:http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.6.09

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http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.6.09

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