Standard homo economicus lives in a world of complete markets and maximizes utility which
is a function of his personal consumption. This approximation cannot account for parents …

This paper surveys recent theoretical economic research on long-term care (LTC). LTC
differs from health care: it is about nursing; it is mostly provided by unpaid caregivers (mainly …

The ageing of the European population is expected to strongly influence both the structure of
family relations and the pattern of private transfers between generations. Using data from the …

This investigation examined whether intergenerational exchanges of time and money
resources between older parents and their adult sons in rural China were conditioned on …

In this study, we examined how children's financial support influenced the depressive
symptoms of older parents in rural China. The mutual aid model of the Chinese family …

The purpose of this article is to review, contrast and synthesise several major intellectual
streams that have guided theoretical development and empirical research in the area of …

Cohabitation among adults over age 50 is rising rapidly, more than doubling from 1.2 million
in 2000 to 2.75 million in 2010. A small literature provides a descriptive portrait of older …

Financial support and practical help between older parents and their middle-aged children
vary greatly among the regions of Europe. Northern and Western Europe is characterised by …

This paper analyses the determinants of financial and time transfers from adult children to
their older parents using the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). It …

Objective This brief report presents contemporary national estimates of the spatial distance
between residences of parents and adult children in the United States, including distance to …