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Business Day - Janine Starks: The rise of the kipper children, sucking your wallet dry

26 May 2016

In keeping with the fishy origins, it seems "kippers" are on the rise. Kippers? Yes, you heard it correctly. Some wag has come up with Kids In Parents Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings. It's even better than generation app – Adults whose Parents Pay.

The worst offenders in the world seem to be the Italians with a reported eight out of 10 men aged 18 to 30 living with their mammas.

Unfortunately the researchers Manacorda and Moretti don't give us the stats on women, but Britain's Office of National Statistics reports twice as many male kippers than female kippers.

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