@article{Mulder_7_17,
author = {Mulder, Clara H. and Clark, William A.V. and Wagner, Michael},
title={{A comparative analysis of leaving home in the United States, the Netherlands and West Germany}},
journal = {Demographic Research},
volume = {7},
number = {17},
pages = {565--592},
doi = {10.4054/DemRes.2002.7.17},
year = {2002},
abstract = {We investigate how leaving the parental home differs between three countries with different welfare-state and housing systems: the USA, the Netherlands and West Germany. Using longitudinal survey data, we examine the transitions of leaving home to live with and without a partner. 

We find that, much more than in the European countries, union formation has become separated from leaving home in the USA. We also find a different impact of level of education and employment status on leaving-home patterns in the European countries with their social-welfare state system than in the US system in which market forces prevail. The differences are not just related to welfare-state systems but also to the sizes of the countries and the geographical dispersion of jobs and educational opportunities.},
URL = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol7/17/},
eprint = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol7/17/7-17.pdf}
}