Title: Intergenerational Transfers, the Biological Life Cycle, and Human Society
Abstract: Population and Development ReviewVolume 38, Issue s1 p. 23-35 Free Access Intergenerational Transfers, the Biological Life Cycle, and Human Society Ronald Lee, Ronald Lee Edward G. and Nancy S. Jordan Family Professor of Economics, Professor of Demography, and Director of the Center on Economics and Demography of Aging, University of California, Berkeley.Search for more papers by this author Ronald Lee, Ronald Lee Edward G. and Nancy S. 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