Household structure and consumption insurance of the elderly

Ulker, Aydogan

doi:10.1007/s00148-007-0150-y

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“…Care institutions represents a problem even in developed countries like Finland (Nihtila and Martikainen, 2007). In this context, Ecuador has the responsibility to prepare for the growing elderly population since families remain as a support to elderly people (Ulker, 2008), which could be a problem given the reduction of fertility rate (Shelton Brown et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, the fact that elderly people live with relatives, should not necessarily be negative. Rahaman (1999) provides empirical evidence that the presence of relatives improves the life of elderly people, since relatives could take care of them (Cigno and Komura, 2017;Ulker, 2008). Conversely, labor activities of children could be affected when they take care of their elderly parents, depending on the degree of social security in the country.…”

Section: Complex Family Householdmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The choice of elderly labor: Evidence from Ecuador

Lanchimba

Quisnancela²,

Méndez

2020

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What drives elderly people decide to work after retirement? This paper analyzes the economic determinants of the decision to work in Ecuadorian elderly. In the analytical part, authors have analyzed the literature devoted to the study of elderly people, from which several testable hypotheses that relate it to income, education level and complex household have been derived. The article provides empirical evidence from using the Living Conditions Survey (2014). The estimation results suggest that variables as income, education level and belonging to a complex household play a significant role in the decision to work of Ecuadorian elderly.

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Section: Complex Family Householdmentioning

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The choice of elderly labor: Evidence from Ecuador

Lanchimba

Quisnancela²,

Méndez

2020

RAE

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“…These effects are pertinent to older residents’ households’ financial circumstances as the economic challenges of the Great Recession forced many older Americans to delay their retirement plans (Munnell and Rutledge 2013). Furthermore, older Americans commonly co-reside with younger family members (see Russell 2009; Ulker 2008) who are likely to work for pay. Accordingly, the negative effects of residing within a city with weakening resources might be accentuated within neighborhoods undergoing increasing disadvantage and need for additional resources.…”

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Compound Disadvantage between Economic Declines at the City and Neighborhood Levels for Older Americans’ Depressive Symptoms

Settels

2021

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American cities and neighborhoods vary in their residents’ typical levels of mental health. Despite scholarship emphasizing that we cannot thoroughly understand city and neighborhood problems without investigating how they are intertwined, limited research examines how city and neighborhood effects interact as they impact health. I investigate these interactions through a study of the effects of the Great Recession of 2007–2009. Using Waves 1 (2005–2006) and 2 (2010–2011) of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project survey ( N = 1,341) and in accordance with the compound disadvantage model, I find through fixed-effects linear regression models that city- and neighborhood-level economic declines combine multiplicatively as they impact older Americans’ depressive symptoms. I furthermore find that this effect is only partly based on personal socioeconomic changes, suggesting contextual channels of effect. My results show that we cannot fully understand the effects of city-level changes without also considering neighborhood-level changes.

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“…In addition, co-residing reduces unit living costs, and adult children may financially supplement the elderly. Ulker (2003) found that elderly who co-reside on average consume more than those who live alone.…”

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What Determines Living Arrangements of the Elderly in Urban China?

Meng

Luo²

2008

Inequality and Public Policy in China

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It is argued in the literature that to co-reside with adult children and other relatives is beneficial to both the elderly and society. The co-residency rate in urban China, however, has reduced by 10 percentage points over the last 15 years. With a rapidly ageing population, should we be concerned? Using the 1988, 1995, and 2002 Urban Household Income Distribution Surveys, we investigate the determinants of the elderly's living arrangements and examine the reasons for the significant changes that have occurred over the last 15 years. We found that the change is not due to the change in social norms, nor to the marked increase in income levels. Rather, it is mainly related to housing reform, which increased housing availability, and hence, allowed elders who preferred to live alone to do so.

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Household structure and consumption insurance of the elderly

Abstract: Elderly, Consumption, Household structure, D12, E21, I31,

Cited by 15 publications

References 16 publications

The choice of elderly labor: Evidence from Ecuador

The choice of elderly labor: Evidence from Ecuador

Compound Disadvantage between Economic Declines at the City and Neighborhood Levels for Older Americans’ Depressive Symptoms

What Determines Living Arrangements of the Elderly in Urban China?

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