Measuring intergenerational financial support: Analysis of two cross-national surveys

Emery, Tom; Mudražija, Stipica

doi:10.4054/demres.2015.33.33

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“…Both of these limitations mean that our estimates of caregiving are conservative. We encourage nationally representative surveys to consider more in-depth caregiving modules and harmonize measures across countries as much as possible (Emery and Mudrazija 2015;Fokkema et al 2016). A third limitation is that the questions ask about caregiving "in the last year," which leaves us unable to provide estimates for how common it is to provide multigenerational care over a larger time period or pinpoint any episodic or long-term care.…”

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The Demography of Multigenerational Caregiving: A Critical Aspect of the Gendered Life Course

Patterson

Margolis

2019

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

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Multigenerational caregiving is important because it affects social and economic outcomes. Existing studies usually exclude theoretically and empirically important aspects—emotional care and horizontal care—that may systematically underestimate gender differences. In this study, we comprehensively describe caregiving by gender and age and examine how sensitive estimates are to the inclusion of directions and types of care. Using the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) in Europe (N = 114,147), we find that women are more likely to provide care than men across the life course, and gender gaps are largest during critical periods for human capital accumulation. Significant gender gaps in favor of more women providing care are found in most countries, especially when emotional caregiving is included, but in some countries, more men provide care at the oldest ages. These findings highlight how measuring caregiving well is critical to understanding the gendered life course.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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The Demography of Multigenerational Caregiving: A Critical Aspect of the Gendered Life Course

Patterson

Margolis

2019

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

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“…The strong dependency on SHARE data deserves further attention. As Emery and Mudrazija (2015) put forward, strong reliance on this survey and its specific methodological approach may limit the inferences made by researchers examining intergenerational transfers in Europe. They show, for example, that differences in question wording lead to higher reports of financial transfers, particularly among the highly educated, in SHARE than in GGS.…”

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Cross-national Differences in Intergenerational Family Relations: The Influence of Public Policy Arrangements

Dykstra

2018

Innovation in Aging

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Focusing mostly on Europe, this overview reveals how the research on cross-national differences in intergenerational family relations has moved from basic descriptions to a focus on understanding how support exchanges are shaped by macro-level processes. A key issue concerns generational interdependence, the extent to which public policy arrangements impose reliance on older and younger family members or enable individual autonomy. Real theoretical progress is visible in three areas of research. The first pertains to analyses at the micro level of how family members actually respond to the incentives that different macro contexts provide. The generosity or restrictedness of public provisions variably releases or necessitates normative obligations in interdependent family relationships. The second area of progress involves analyses of the implications of specific policies rather than policy packages for gender and socioeconomic inequality. The third area of progress is a more nuanced view on the familialism–individualism divide. These three areas provide inspiring examples for future investigations.

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“…2Emery and Mudrazija (2015) add that by considering the conceptualisation, instrument design and sampling unit associated with intergenerational transfers, there are significant differences in the way the GGS and SHARE conceptualise and measure intergenerational transfers. The extent to which these differing conceptualisations of transfers fit within theories of intergenerational relationships is therefore of considerable importance when making substantive conclusions about the scope and nature of intergenerational support.…”

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“…the adult children), hence allowing to: (a) treat survey respondents as children, and (b) shift the traditional research focus from what childless elderly people transfer downwards to what childless respondents transfer upwards to their elderly parents. Emery and Mudrazija (2015) recently expressed the concern that the study of private intergenerational transfers in Europe may have become overly dependent on a single data source (SHARE) and wondered whether the findings of many studies would similarly hold with alternative data sources and methodologies 2 . I here welcome Emery and Mudrazija's claim that substantive research should avoid being overly dependent on a single data source.…”

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Childlessness and upward intergenerational support: cross-national evidence from 11 European countries

Pesando

2018

Ageing and Society

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Childless individuals are often depicted as ‘selfish’ as they opt out of raising children in favour of investing resources in themselves. Yet no research has investigated whether this claim holds in domains of social life such as intergenerational family support. Using data from the Generations and Gender Survey for 11 European countries, this article examines differences between childless and non-childless individuals in the provision of financial, practical and emotional transfers to their elderly parents. Results support the idea that the childless are more prone to provide upward support than individuals with children. Specifically, estimates from multivariate logistic regression and propensity score specifications suggest that, ceteris paribus, childless adults are about 20–40 per cent more likely to provide support to their parents, with the association driven by transfers to elderly mothers. These findings enrich the literature on childlessness and ageing, and support the view that researchers and policy makers should take into more consideration not only what childless people receive or need in old age, but also what they provide as middle-aged adults.

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Measuring intergenerational financial support: Analysis of two cross-national surveys

Cited by 14 publications

References 23 publications

The Demography of Multigenerational Caregiving: A Critical Aspect of the Gendered Life Course

The Demography of Multigenerational Caregiving: A Critical Aspect of the Gendered Life Course

Cross-national Differences in Intergenerational Family Relations: The Influence of Public Policy Arrangements

Childlessness and upward intergenerational support: cross-national evidence from 11 European countries

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