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Parental marital disruption and intergenerational transfers: An analysis of lone elderly parents and their children
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Demography (1999) 36 (3): 287–297.
Published: 01 August 1999
.... Using a sample of lone elderly parents and their adult children, we analyze the direct and indirect effects of marital disruption on four important dimensions of intergenerational transfers: coresidence, financial assistance, adult children’s provision of informal care, and parental purchase of paid...
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Education of adult children and mortality of their elderly parents in Taiwan
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Demography (2007) 44 (2): 289–305.
Published: 01 May 2007
... that there may be different roles for education in the onset versus the progression of a health problem that may lead to death. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2007 2007 Functional Limitation Adult Child Junior High School Adult Mortality Elderly Parent References...
View articletitled, Education of adult children and mortality of their <span class="search-highlight">elderly</span> <span class="search-highlight">parents</span> in Taiwan
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Elderly parent health and the migration decisions of adult children: Evidence from rural China
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Demography (2007) 44 (2): 265–288.
Published: 01 May 2007
...John Giles; Ren Mu Abstract Recent research has shown that participation in migrant labor markets has led to substantial increases in income for families in rural China. This article addresses the question of how participation is affected by elderly parent health. We find that younger adults...
View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Elderly</span> <span class="search-highlight">parent</span> health and the migration decisions of adult children: Evidence from rural China
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Time? money? both? the allocation of resources to older Parents
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Demography (1999) 36 (2): 219–232.
Published: 01 May 1999
...Kenneth A. Couch; Mary C. Daly; Douglas A. Wolf Abstract We provide estimates of a reduced-form model of the allocation of household time and money resources. We consider four demands for these resources: time spent working, time spent providing care for noncoresident elderly parents, time spent...
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Strategic Parent Meets Detached Child? Parental Intended Bequest Division and Support From Children
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Demography (2022) 59 (4): 1353–1376.
Published: 01 August 2022
...Christine Ho Abstract While the literature shows that elderly parents may use bequests to reward children who provide them with time support, there is limited evidence on whether younger, less needy parents base their intended bequest division on alternative forms of support from children...
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Strengthening or Weakening? The Impact of Universal Health Insurance on Intergenerational Coresidence in Taiwan
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Demography (2015) 52 (3): 883–904.
Published: 28 April 2015
... and the enactment of NHI. Although NHI on average reduces the probability that elderly parents live with their adult children by approximately 6.6 %, the likelihood of intergenerational coresidence increases among families benefiting most from NHI, such as those with unhealthy elderly mothers and fewer children...
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Who Coresides With Parents? An Analysis Based on Sibling Comparative Advantage
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Demography (2016) 53 (3): 623–647.
Published: 18 April 2016
...Sen Ma; Fangqi Wen Abstract Coresidence between elderly parents and their married adult children is common in East Asian societies. We analyze theoretically and empirically with which adult child parents coreside when the extended family has multiple adult children, and we show that this decision...
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Retirement Timing of Women and the Role of Care Responsibilities for Grandchildren
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Demography (2015) 52 (2): 433–454.
Published: 01 April 2015
... of substitution between caring for grandchildren versus providing care for elderly parents or engaging in volunteer activities; grandchild care is instead taken on as an additional responsibility. Our findings suggest that policies aimed at prolonging work life may need to consider grandchild care...
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The Impact of “Parent Care” on Female Labor Supply Decisions
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Demography (1995) 32 (1): 63–80.
Published: 01 February 1995
...Susan L. Ettner Abstract Data from the 1986–1988 Survey of Income and Program Participation panels were used to analyze how informal-caregiving of disabled elderly parents affected female labor supply. Instrumental variables analyses suggested that coresidence with a disabled parent leads...
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Self-Interest and Altruism in Intergenerational Relations
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Demography (1995) 32 (3): 353–364.
Published: 01 August 1995
... about “appropriate” parent-child relations and governmental programs for older people. On both kinds of measures, older people tend consistently to be least likely to adopt the “pro-elderly” position. This association is maintained when controls are introduced in multivariate analyses. Altruism...
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The residency decision of elderly indonesians: A nested logit analysis
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Demography (2000) 37 (1): 17–27.
Published: 01 February 2000
... DECISION OF ELDERLY INDONESIANS: A NESTED LOGIT ANALYSIS* LISA CAMERON tions to the literature. Almost all previous studies of residency in other countries, largely because of data limitations, have emphasized the role of the elderly parent. Detailed data have been available on the elderly individuals...
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The Schooling of Offspring and the Survival of Parents
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Demography (2014) 51 (4): 1271–1293.
Published: 11 June 2014
... , E. ( 2009 ). Does informal care from children to their elderly parents substitute for formal care in Europe? . Journal of Health Economics , 28 , 143 – 154 . 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.09.002 Boyle , M. H. , Sanford , M. , Szatman , P. , Merikangas , K. , & Offord...
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The Elderly Who Live Alone in the United States: Historical Perspectives on Household Change
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Demography (1995) 32 (3): 335–352.
Published: 01 August 1995
... Fertility Decline Elderly Parent Urban Residence References Angel R. , & Tienda M. ( 1982 ). Determinants of Extended Household Structure: Cultural Pattern or Economic Need? . American Journal of Sociology , 87 , 1360 – 83 . 10.1086/227597 Beresford J.C...
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Children and the Elderly: Wealth Inequality Among America’s Dependents
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Demography (2018) 55 (3): 1009–1032.
Published: 07 May 2018
... demographic change in marital status and racial composition by subgroup do not explain the widening gap. We also find increasing wealth inequality within child households and the rise of a “parental 1 %.” During a time of overall economic growth, the elderly have been able to maintain or increase their wealth...
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The Deserving Poor, the Family, and the U.S. Welfare System
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Demography (2015) 52 (3): 729–749.
Published: 06 June 2015
..., there have been redistributions away from non-elderly and nondisabled families to families with older adults and to families with recipients of disability programs; from non-elderly, nondisabled single-parent families to married-parent families; and from the poorest families to those with higher incomes...
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Sharing a Home: The Experiences of American Women and Their Parents over the Twentieth Century
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Demography (1995) 32 (2): 281–297.
Published: 01 May 1995
.... Relatively low proportions of elderly persons and their adult children coreside in cross-section: in 1987-1988, 15% of elderly persons lived with a child (Freedman, et al. 284 Demography, Vol. 32, No.2, May 1995 1991; Hoyert 1991), while only 2% of persons lived with an elderly parent (Freedman et al. 1991...
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Purchasing Piety? Coresidence of Married Children With Their Older Parents in Japan
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Demography (2011) 48 (4): 1559–1579.
Published: 09 August 2011
.... We extend this line of research by considering resource advantages—both between and within generations—as a factor that is instrumental in dictating whether married children will live together with elderly parents in their own or in their parents’ household. Specifically, we suggest that in Japan...
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Your Place or Mine? On the Residence Choice of Young Couples in Norway
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Demography (2013) 50 (1): 285–310.
Published: 11 September 2012
... children has important implications for intergenerational contacts; transfers; and, potentially, emotional ties (Lawton et al. 1994 ). Considerable research has examined the determinants and consequences of physical distance between elderly parents and their children (Hank 2007 ), but less attention has...
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Echoes of the Baby Boom and Bust: Recent and Prospective Changes in Living Alone among Elderly Widows in the United States
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Demography (1995) 32 (1): 17–28.
Published: 01 February 1995
...Diane J. Macunovich; Richard A. Easterlin; Christine M. Schaeffer; Eileen M. Crimmins Abstract Today the great majority of noninstitutionalized elderly widows live alone, a striking increase from a quarter-century ago. A noticeable difference has occurred, however, in trends by age; the proportion...
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Meet the Parents? Family Size and the Geographic Proximity Between Adult Children and Older Mothers in Sweden
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Demography (2013) 50 (3): 903–931.
Published: 04 January 2013
... , S. , Pelkonen , P. , & Salvanes , K. G. ( 2012 ). Education and mobility . Journal of the European Economic Association , 10 , 417 – 450 . 10.1111/j.1542-4774.2011.01048.x Malmberg , G. , & Pettersson , A. ( 2007 ). Distance to elderly parents: Analyses...
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View articletitled, Meet the <span class="search-highlight">Parents</span>? Family Size and the Geographic Proximity Between Adult Children and Older Mothers in Sweden
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