Riding the age waves. Volume 2, Allocating public and private resources across generations / edited by Anne H. Gauthier, C.Y. Cyrus Chu, Shripad Tuljapurkar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gauthier, Anne H.

Chu, C. Y. Cyrus.

Tuljapurkar, Shripad.

Series:

International studies in population ; v. 3.

International studies in population ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Age distribution (Demography).

Demographic transition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In rapidly industrializing countries, demographic changes continue to have significant effects on the well-being of individuals and families, and as aggregate human and financial capital. These effects may be analyzed in terms of inter-generational transfers of time, money, goods, and services. The chapters in this volume greatly develop our understanding of the nature and measurement of transfers, their motives and mechanisms, and their macro-level dimensions, especially in the context of demographic transitions. The chapters include original empirical analyses of datasets from some twenty countries taking the reader beyond the American context in order to test the applicability of some of the theories developed on the basis of American data. They extend the traditional analysis of inter-generational transfers by examining different types of transfers, namely goods, money, assets, time, co-residence and visits. Furthermore, the chapters go beyond the study of traditional parent – child transfers to examine transfers to kins and the bi-directionality of transfers.

Contents:

Substitution and Substitutability: The Effects of Kin Availability on Intergenerational Transfers in Malawi

Kinship Networks and Intergenerational Transfers

Stability and Change in Patterns of Intergenerational Transfers in Taiwan

Demographic Events and the Timing of Monetary Transfers: Some Evidence from Germany

Maternal Coresidence and Contact: Evidence from Cross-National Surveys

Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China

Health and Labour-Force Participation of the Elderly in Taiwan

Social Expenditures on Children and the Elderly in OECD Countries, 1980–1995: Shifting Allocations, Changing Needs

Consequences of Educational Change for the Burden of Chronic Health Problems in the Population

Effects of Changing Age Structure and Intergenerational Transfers on Patterns of Consumption and Saving

Some Intergenerational Transfer Implications of Birth Fluctuations

On Stochastic Generational Accounting.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-63467-7

9786610634675

1-4020-4481-X

OCLC:

262691882