Selection of Children To Provide Care: The Effect of Earlier Parental Transfers
Abstract
We use the first wave of data from the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) study to examine the effects of past parent-to-child financial transfers on selection of a child to provide assistance with basic personal care for unmarried parents. We estimate a fixed-effects conditional logit model and find a positive and significant association between past financial transfers and a child's current helping behavior. The coefficient of past financial transfers is in the direction hypothesized, and its magnitude is 80% as large as that of gender, a well-documented powerful predictor of parental caregiving. There appears to be substantial evidence that earlier parent-to-child financial gifts play a role in determining which child in the family will provide assistance.
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- Authors
- Henretta, J. C., Hill, M. S., Li, W., Soldo, B. J., & Wolf, D. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Florida (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Syracuse University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Soldo, B. J.
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1997-05-01
- Volume
- 52B
- Issue
- Special
- Pages
- 110-119
- ISSN
- 1079-5014 (ISSN-L)
- 1758-5368
- OpenAlex
- W2154047732
- Cited by
- 202
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 22.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journals of Gerontology Series B (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Georgetown University
- National Institute on Aging (UO1 AG-09740, U01AG009740)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Keywords
- intergenerational financial transfers, personal care assistance, unmarried parents, older adults, gender differences in caregiving, AHEAD study, family caregiving
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Family, Female, Humans, Income, Male, Models, Theoretical, Parent-Child Relations, Frail Elderly, Caregivers
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