Intergenerational Coresidence of Older Adults in Japan: Conditions for Cultural Plasticity

Takagi, Emiko; Silverstein, Merril; Crimmins, Eileen M.

doi:10.1093/geronb/62.5.s330

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“…Furthermore, the transition analysis distinguishes new cohabitation in which a parent who lives independently starts to cohabit with an adult child from life-long cohabitation in which a child has never left the parents' home. Takagi et al (2007) point out that these two types of cohabitation are distinct in nature. The former type tends to be 'needdriven' (i.e.…”

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“…The strategic bequest motive (Bernheim et al, 1985;Cox, 1987) predicts that cohabitation and attentive care are more likely for wealthy parents, as such parents are likely to bequeath considerable wealth as a reward. Substantial empirical support for this hypothesis has been found in Japan (Yamada, 2006;Kim, 2004;Takagi et al, 2007). In Indonesia, inheritance rules vary across ethnic groups (Ofstedal et al, 1999;Schroder-Butterfill, 2005).…”

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Intergenerational cohabitation in modern Indonesia: filial support and dependence

Johar

Maruyama

2011

Health Economics

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Informal filial care plays an important role for elderly parents facing health challenges. Ageing, however, exacerbates the burden of filial care because the ratio of older to younger individuals is higher and disabled parents live longer. The well-being of elderly parents is even more insecure in Asian developing countries that are undergoing unprecedented ageing and drastic changes in social norms and values, whereas old-age support systems have yet to be developed. In this paper, we investigate factors that influence cohabitation decision by elderly parents and their adult children using the longitudinal Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS). Focusing on new cohabitation in which a parent who lives independently starts to cohabitate with a child, we conduct transition analysis to make a more convincing causal interpretation than the standard cross-sectional approach. We find that, while parental needs are important, cohabitation is influenced to a larger extent by the costs and gains of children. The elderly facing health and economic challenges are at higher risk of not receiving filial support than other elderly individuals.

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Intergenerational cohabitation in modern Indonesia: filial support and dependence

Johar

Maruyama

2011

Health Economics

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“…The picture from existing empirical studies is surprisingly unambiguous; all these studies nd a positive impact. They use data from the US (Kolodinsky and Shirey, 2000), Japan (Sasaki, 2002;Oishi and Oshio, 2006), and China (Maurer-Fazio et al, 2011;Shen et al, 2016). 3 Among these countries, patrilocality is common in China (Ebenstein, 2014) and, to a lesser extent, in Japan (Takagi et al, 2007). Yet, the studies on China do not capture the full extent of patrilocality.…”

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Patrilocal Residence and Female Labour Supply

2017

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Patrilocal Residence and Female Labour Supply july 2017Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but IZA takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The IZA Institute of Labor Economics is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues. Supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation, IZA runs the world's largest network of economists, whose research aims to provide answers to the global labor market challenges of our time. Our key objective is to build bridges between academic research, policymakers and society. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.Schaumburg-Lippe-Straße 5-9 53113 Bonn, GermanyPhone: +49-228-3894-0 Email: publications@iza.org www.iza.org IZA -Institute of Labor EconomicsDiscussion PaPer series IZA DP No. 10890 Patrilocal Residence and Female Labour Supply july 2017 Andreas Landmann Paris School of Economics, J-PAL Europe and C4ED Helke Seitz DIW Berlin Susan SteinerLeibniz Universität Hannover and IZA AbstrAct july 2017 IZA DP No. 10890 Patrilocal Residence and Female Labour Supply *We examine the role of intergenerational co-residence for female labour supply in a patrilocal society. To account for the endogeneity of women's co-residence with parents or in-laws, we exploit a tradition in Central Asia, namely that the youngest son of a family usually lives with his parents. Using data from Kyrgyzstan, we therefore instrument co-residence with being married to a youngest son. We find the effect of co-residence on female labour supply to be negative and insignificant. This is in contrast to the previous literature, which found substantial positive effects in less patrilocal settings. Women who co-reside in Kyrgyzstan have more children, spend similar time on housekeeping tasks and child care, and invest more time in elder care compared with women who do not co-reside.These mechanisms appear to be inherently different from those in less patrilocal settings where co-residing parents relieve the women from household chores. JEL Classificati...

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“…A study of the oldest old in China concluded that among different living arrangements, having a spouse in the household provided the best health protection, regardless of whether children were coresident or not (Li et al 2009). Residential patterns in Japan have been influenced by the needs of older parents with limited physical abilities to encourage co-residence with children (Takagi et al 2007) Thus, previous research indicates a large diversity in the prevalence of co-residence with children, generally being much higher in low-income compared with high-income countries. Also, larger percentages of women than men are reported to live alone in many countries.…”

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“…Second, to identify the correlates of living arrangements in 2005/6 in terms of personal sociodemographic characteristics and household characteristics. In addition, several health related variables that were not covered in the previous survey in 1999 are included in the analysis to assess whether pre-existence of chronic illnesses, poor perceived health, or disability increases the odds of co-residence with children as found in previous research (Takagi et al 2007). Third, to assess whether attitudes about the best living arrangement for an older person are associated with the actual pattern of co-residence at the time of survey.…”

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Decline in Co-Residence of Parents and Children Among Older Kuwaiti Men and Women: What Are the Significant Correlates?

Shah

Badr

Yount

et al. 2011

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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A trend towards decline in co-residence with children is apparent in several countries while it is absent in others. The objectives of this paper are to address the patterns of co-residence with children among older Kuwaiti men and women aged 60+ and to assess the determinants of such patterns within the context of rapid socioeconomic changes occurring in the country (n = 1588). The data for this paper were collected as part of a household survey on the psychosocial health and disability among 2487 older Kuwaitis aged 50+. Forward step-wise logistic regression was run to assess the significant socio-demographic and health related correlates of living without any co-resident children. We found that the percentage living without any co-resident children increased from 5% in 1999 to 24% in 2005/6. About 13% women and 1% men were living alone in 2005/6. In the multivariate analysis, older age, female gender, non-Bedouin cultural background, a smaller number of children, higher educational level, and the presence of one or more domestic helpers were positively associated with the absence of co-resident children. On the other hand, those who were not married were less likely to reside without co-resident children, as were those with higher family incomes. Except for self-rated health none of the health related variables, such as chronic illnesses or depressive symptom experience, emerged as significant. Modernization forces seem to be at the core of the observed decline in co-residence with children.

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Intergenerational Coresidence of Older Adults in Japan: Conditions for Cultural Plasticity

Cited by 63 publications

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Intergenerational cohabitation in modern Indonesia: filial support and dependence

Intergenerational cohabitation in modern Indonesia: filial support and dependence

Patrilocal Residence and Female Labour Supply

Decline in Co-Residence of Parents and Children Among Older Kuwaiti Men and Women: What Are the Significant Correlates?

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