Karsten Hank () (Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA))
Abstract
Using data from the 2004 ‘Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe’ (SHARE), this paper continues and extends recent cross-national research on the proximity and contacts of elderly parents to their adult children. To begin with, we provide a brief description of the ‘geography of the family’ in ten continental European countries. In the multivariate part of the paper we investigate into the determinants of intergenerational proximity and frequency of contact. Even when microlevel factors are controlled for, the Mediterranean peoples continue to exhibit closer family relations than their northern counterparts. We also find noteworthy systematic differences in the effects of some explanatory variables between ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ family countries. When looking at the contemporary European picture as a whole, though, we find no indication at all for a ‘crisis’ of intergenerational relations.
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Paper provided by Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Mannheim in its series MEA discussion paper series with number
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Length: Date of creation: 07 Sep 2005 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:mea:meawpa:05098
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Kai A. Konrad & Harald Künemund & Kjell Erik Lommerud & Julio R. Robledo, 2002.
"Geography of the Family,"
American Economic Review,
American Economic Association, vol. 92(4), pages 981-998, September.
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Konrad, Kai A & Künemund, Harald & Lommerud, Kjell Erik & Robledo, Julio R, 1999.
"Geography of the Family,"
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2312, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Gunnar Malmberg & Anna Pettersson, 2007.
"Distance to old parents,"
Demographic Research,
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 17(23), pages 679-704, December.
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