“…T he transition to adulthood is a period of time between dependence on the parental household and independence through the emergence of a new, self-subsistent household. It is also a period of financial vulnerability in which intergenerational transfers play a major role Schoeni & Ross, 2005;Whightman et al, 2012;d'Albis et al, 2017;Kranklader et al, 2018). Their unequal distribution means that the processes of leaving the parental home and, especially, edu cational choices are highly dependent on parental income (on leaving home: see Kahn et al, 2013;Castell et al, 2016a; on education: see Sandefur et al, 2005;.…”