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Articles on Employment and Informal Support

A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT

Responsiveness to parental needs in individualistic and familialistic countriesFootnote1

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Pages 479-508 | Published online: 13 Aug 2008

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