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Lifting the Burden

Formal Care of the Elderly and Labor Supply of Adult Children

Katrine V. Løken, Shelly Lundberg and Julie Riise
Journal of Human Resources, January 2017, 52 (1) 247-271; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.52.1.0614-6447R1
Katrine V. Løken
Katrine Vellesen Løken is a professor of economics at the University of Bergen. Shelly Lundberg is the Leonard Broom Professor of Demography at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Julie Riise is an associate professor of economics at the University of Bergen.
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Katrine Vellesen Løken is a professor of economics at the University of Bergen. Shelly Lundberg is the Leonard Broom Professor of Demography at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Julie Riise is an associate professor of economics at the University of Bergen.
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Katrine Vellesen Løken is a professor of economics at the University of Bergen. Shelly Lundberg is the Leonard Broom Professor of Demography at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Julie Riise is an associate professor of economics at the University of Bergen.
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