The Quantity‐Quality Tradeoff: A Cross‐Country Comparison of Market and Nonmarket Investments per Child in Relation to Fertility

Vargha, Lili; Donehower, Gretchen

doi:10.1111/padr.12245

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“…Social scientists have found this relationship particularly interesting, because it will lead to a trade-off between children's quantity and quality within budget constraints. A body of empirical studies supports this prediction, revealing that investments in one offspring generally detract from resources available for other children under parental care, including families' unpaid time (Vargha and Donehower 2019). The negative impacts of having siblings have been observed in various aspects of child outcomes, including height, years of education, intellectual development, adult earnings, and employment (Black, Devereux, and Salvanes 2005;Blau and Duncan 1967;Downey 2001;Öberg 2015;Steelman et al 2002).…”

Section: Literature Review 21 Sibship Status and Resource Dilutionmentioning

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Parental childcare support, sibship status and mothers’ second-child plans in urban China

Zhao¹,

Zhang²

2019

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BACKGROUND Most previous research on intergenerational impacts on childbearing behaviors has overlooked the interrelation between having siblings and the availability of childcare assistance provided by grandparents. OBJECTIVE This study examines how the siblings of young couples dilute the resources of grandparental childcare assistance and thus influence a mother's plans to have a second child in urban China. METHOD We use data from the survey on Fertility Decision-Making Processes in Chinese Families conducted in 2016 and focus on the subsample of mothers who have only one child and live in urban areas.

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Section: Literature Review 21 Sibship Status and Resource Dilutionmentioning

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Parental childcare support, sibship status and mothers’ second-child plans in urban China

Zhao¹,

Zhang²

2019

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“…Total net transfers received in childhood range between 13 YL for men and women in Belgium and more than 21 YL for men in Bulgaria and Poland. These differences suggest that in countries and periods with low fertility, such as Bulgaria and Poland from about 1995 to 2010 ), transfer benefits per child are high because the total transfers to children are shared among comparably fewer individuals (see also Vargha and Donehower 2019).…”

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The Gender Dimension of Intergenerational Transfers in Europe

Hammer

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Vargha

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This paper analyses the gender dimension of intergenerational transfers in European countries using National Transfer Accounts data on age-and gender-specific transfers in 2010. We combine data on public and private transfers with demographic information to estimate gender-specific net transfer benefits by life stage and over the whole life course. Furthermore, public old-age benefits are decomposed into yearly averages as well as the number of years that individuals can expect to be net recipients of public transfers. The results show remarkable differences between genders, especially in old age. Yearly net public benefits in old age are considerably smaller for women. However, the total public benefits over the whole retirement period are higher for women due to their higher life expectancy.

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“…On the other hand, the parent–child relationship might be negatively affected by a large family size during parenting. As implied by the resource dilution hypothesis, even after the children grew up, only limited resources and attention would be allocated for or paid to each child in large families (Blake, 1989; Vargha and Donehower, 2019; Zhao and Zhang, 2019). Even if older adults are co-residing with their children, many are assuming responsibility for aiding their children by providing care for their grandchildren rather than receiving support (Zhao and Ji, 2019; Chen et al , 2000).…”

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The power of culture: the gendered impact of family structures and living arrangements on social networks of Chinese older adults

2020

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Most of the extant literature on the fertility history and social networks of older adults has focused on advanced societies. Nevertheless, a limited number of studies have explored how culturally preferred family structures or living arrangements are related to older adults’ social networks in developing societies. This study examined these issues in the Chinese context and paid particular attention to the filial piety and preference for sons dominating Chinese society. Using nationally representative data of adults aged 60 and over from China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey in 2016, we constructed family and friend network scores following previous studies and developed linear models using multiple imputation for the missing data. The results suggested that childless older adults were the most disadvantaged in receiving support from family networks. Despite China's patrilineal culture, daughters were important sources of support. In terms of friend networks, older men who had no sons were least likely to receive support while co-residing with a partner and a son(s) might benefit them. Further analysis revealed that older rural women, but not older urban women, also had more support from friend networks if living with sons, implying urban–rural differences. Given the impact of social networks on older adults’ health and wellbeing, older Chinese people with no sons might need more support from other sources, such as aged-care programmes from public institutions, to achieve healthy ageing.

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The Quantity‐Quality Tradeoff: A Cross‐Country Comparison of Market and Nonmarket Investments per Child in Relation to Fertility

Cited by 7 publications

References 56 publications

Parental childcare support, sibship status and mothers’ second-child plans in urban China

Parental childcare support, sibship status and mothers’ second-child plans in urban China

The Gender Dimension of Intergenerational Transfers in Europe

The power of culture: the gendered impact of family structures and living arrangements on social networks of Chinese older adults

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