How do middle-aged children allocate time and money transfers to their older parents in Europe?

Bonsang, Éric

doi:10.1007/s10663-007-9034-3

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“…This results in the further exclusion of 984 dyads. The study sample also excludes 72 cases with unreliable values (i.e., age difference between parents and children is 12 years or less) following similar exclusion criteria used in previous research (e.g., Bonsang 2007). Thus, the final sample is restricted to 36,095 dyads.…”

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“…The concept of net transfers between parents and children is defined as the monetary value of the sum of private transfers (e.g., money, care and help, and grandchild care) given minus the sum value of transfers received. Bonsang (2007) found that time and money transfers can act as substitutes. Attias-Donfut and Ogg (2009) suggest that age is associated with a gradual change in the pattern of transfer exchanges.…”

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The balance of intergenerational family transfers: a life-cycle perspective

Mudražija

2013

Eur J Ageing

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The aim of this study is to determine the likelihood and net amount of parent-child transfers over the adult life cycle across European welfare regimes. The study introduces an economic life-cycle model of family transfers to describe the evolution of family exchanges across generations over time, which reveals a nonlinear relationship of age and net family transfers. Furthermore, it refines the method of estimating parent-child net transfers. Data come from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe, and include 36,095 parent-child dyads from 11 European countries representing social democratic, conservative, and traditional welfare-state regimes. The findings reveal net value of family intergenerational support follows a nonlinear pattern across the adult life cycle, with positive transfers from parents to adult children decreasing modestly until advanced old age when the decrease intensifies. Net family support benefits individuals and generations with larger relative need. The transition in the net family support pattern starts later and is less pronounced across social democratic welfare-regime countries while the opposite is true in traditional welfare-regime countries. These findings might be interpreted as being linked to differences in the public policies guaranteeing different levels of provision for dependent populations across different welfare regimes. They are consistent with a comparatively smaller role of family support in the intergenerational redistribution of resources in societies with larger public intergenerational support to dependent populations.

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The balance of intergenerational family transfers: a life-cycle perspective

Mudražija

2013

Eur J Ageing

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“…Another demographic factor that hinders adult-children is their housing situation (Bonsang, 2007) [19]. If an adult-child rents instead of owning a home, complications may occur like having enough space for their parents.…”

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“…If an adult-child rents instead of owning a home, complications may occur like having enough space for their parents. Income levels of the adult-children also play a large role in determining who cares for the elderly (Bonsang, 2007) [19]. On the condition that the elderly cannot afford any nursing home expenses, the adult-children may carry some of that financial burden.…”

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“…On the condition that the elderly cannot afford any nursing home expenses, the adult-children may carry some of that financial burden. Deciding on who pays for the caregiving in terms of time as well as money is one of the most significant factors (Bonsang, 2007) [19]. Dividing caregiving responsibilities among siblings can make the process a much smoother process (Tolkacheva, 2011) [20].…”

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Demographic Factors of Adult-Children on Their Caregiving Values and Options as Home Caregivers to Their Elderly Parents

Li¹,

Carter²

2017

JSS

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Traditions in American culture continue to affect the elderly when it comes to choosing their living arrangements. Because there is a strong sense of independence in our society, the elderly population continues to elect to live in their own homes. As their abilities begin to deteriorate, they will need some form of outside care, such as their adult-children's assistance. However, whether the younger generation can take on the caring role or not, their demographics can play a large part in determining their values and options on caring for their elderly parents. In order to comprehend these demographics as well as value factors, a survey was done to study adult-children aged 35 -55 in the Greater Cincinnati area at the end of 2015. Results of the survey indicated that while adult-children were still willing to take on care responsibilities for their parents, they are also more open to institutionalized services than in the past.

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Informal Care Motivations and Intergenerational Transfers in European Countries

Jiménez-Martín

Prieto

2015

Health Economics

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This work sets out to analyze the motivations adult children may have to provide informal care, considering the monetary transfers they receive from their parents. Traditional motivations, such as altruism and exchange, are matched against more recent social bond theories. Our findings indicate that informal caregivers receive less frequent and less generous transfers than non-caregivers; that is, caregivers are more prone to suppress their self-interested motivations in order to prioritize the well being of another person. Additionally, long-term public care benefits increase both the probability of receiving a transfer and its amount, with this effect being more intense for both the poorest and richest households. Our findings suggest that if long-term care benefits are intended to increase the recipients' welfare and represent a higher fraction of total income for the poorest households, the effectiveness of these long-term care policies may be diluted.

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How do middle-aged children allocate time and money transfers to their older parents in Europe?

Abstract: Informal care, Private intergenerational transfers, J22,

Cited by 83 publications

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The balance of intergenerational family transfers: a life-cycle perspective

The balance of intergenerational family transfers: a life-cycle perspective

Demographic Factors of Adult-Children on Their Caregiving Values and Options as Home Caregivers to Their Elderly Parents

Informal Care Motivations and Intergenerational Transfers in European Countries

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