Ho, Christine (2025) Bridging generations: intergenerational transfers and time use in a changing world. Review of Economics of the Household. ISSN 1569-5239
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This Special Issue brings together nine papers that examine how families allocate time and money across generations. Spanning aging societies in East Asia to informal settlements in the Pacific, the contributions employ diverse methodological approaches, from natural experiments and policy variation to administrative data linkage and cross-generational panel surveys. The findings converge on a central insight: intergenerational transfers of time and money are not merely cultural practices, but systematic responses to changing economic environments and institutional frameworks. Family decisions are critical to the provision of long-term care, investment in children’s human capital, and the transmission of preferences, opportunities, and well-being across generations. Together, these studies highlight the importance of household economics for understanding and addressing the policy challenges of demographic transition, rising care demands, and the complex interplay between family resources and intergenerational outcomes.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © 2025 The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| JEL classification: | D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D13 - Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D64 - Altruism J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J14 - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement > J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2025 10:33 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2025 18:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129268 |
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