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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Why Parents Play Favorites: Explanations for Unequal Bequests

  • Audrey Light
  • Kathleen McGarry
American Economic Review
vol. 94, no. 5, December 2004
(pp. 1669–1681)
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Citation

Light, Audrey, and Kathleen McGarry. 2004. "Why Parents Play Favorites: Explanations for Unequal Bequests." American Economic Review 94 (5): 1669–1681. DOI: 10.1257/0002828043052321

JEL Classification

  • D64 Altruism; Philanthropy
  • J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
  • J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth