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https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2021.2013273
Money is time: geographical distance and intergenerational support to aging parents in rural China
Chaohua Cai
Qinying He
Jeffrey Alwang
Sažetak
This study examines the effects of the geographical distance
between adult offspring and their elderly parents on their support
provided to their parents in rural China. Monetary and non-monetary support is closely related to the physical and psychological
well-being of the elderly. Three waves of the China Health and
Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) are used to identify a
causal effect of the location of the adult offspring on outcomes
such as financial transfers to the parents and provision of emotion/physical support. We find that the effects vary with the type
of support. The effect of geographical distance on financial support sent by adult children to elderly parents shows a semiinverted ‘U-shaped’ trend that first increases and then slowly
decreases. The frequency of visit by the adult child to elderly
parents decreases significantly as distance increase. Further analysis examines the heterogeneity of these effects. The paper combines theoretical and empirical evidence to illustrate how adult
children make use of their limited time and money to provide
parental support when they migrate different distances
from home.
Ključne riječi
Aging; rural-urban migration; geographical distance; intergenerational support; resource allocation; rural China
Hrčak ID:
302704
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.3.2023.
Posjeta: 178 *