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Grandparents and Grandchildren in the Family and the Welfare State

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  • Ylenia Brilli
  • Daniela Del Boca

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Grandparents play an important role in family life, providing financial, emotional and practical care and support to their children and grandchildren. This has become more relevant since today grandparents are younger and in better health than decades ago. Grandparents’ engagement is considered as something that is relevant not only for the family but for society as a whole, and is related to specific welfare state arrangements compensating different supply of childcare.

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  • Ylenia Brilli & Daniela Del Boca, 2026. "Grandparents and Grandchildren in the Family and the Welfare State," CHILD Working Papers Series 131 JEL Classification: J, Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) - CCA.
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