| Title | Selection of Children to Provide Care: The effect of earlier parental transfers |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1997 |
| Authors | Henretta, JC, Hill, MS, Li, W, Soldo, BJ, Wolf, DA |
| Journal | The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences |
| Volume | 52B |
| Issue | Spec |
| Call Number | pubs_1997_Henretta_JJGSeriesB.pdf |
| Keywords | Adult children, Demographics, Health Conditions and Status, Healthcare, Income, Methodology, Other |
| Abstract | We use the first wave of data from the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) study to examine the effects of past parent-to-child financial transfers on selection of a child to provide assistance with basic personal care for unmarried parents. We estimate a fixed-effects conditional logit model and find a positive and significant association between past financial transfers and a child's current helping behavior. The coefficient of past financial transfers is in the direction hypothesized, and its magnitude is 80 as large as that of gender, a well-documented powerful predictor of parental caregiving. There appears to be substantial evidence that earlier parent-to-child financial gifts play a role in determining which child in the family will provide assistance. |
| Endnote Keywords | Caregivers/Family/Female/Frail Elderly/Human/Income/Models, Theoretical/Parent Child Relations/Support, U.S. Government--PHS |
| Endnote ID | 4295 |
| Citation Key | 6579 |
