Parents' economic support of young-adult children: do socioeconomic circumstances matter?

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Gorgens, Jakob (Tue)

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Parents' economic support of young-adult children: do socioeconomic circumstances matter?

Date

2013

Authors

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.

Gorgens, Jakob (Tue)

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

We assess how the support parents provide to young adults as they leave school and begin working is related to their family's socioeconomic circumstances. We do this using an innovative Australian data set which merges survey and administrative data. The