Volume 36 - Article 38 | Pages 1109–1148
How kinship systems and welfare regimes shape leaving home: A comparative study of the United States, Germany, Taiwan, and China
By Bernhard Nauck, Nicolai Gröpler, Chin-Chun Yi
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