The Heterogeneous Effect of Parental Investment on Old-Age Support
Only Children As the Main Caregivers in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2348484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J C Chen (0000-0002-7343-5676, South China Agricultural University), Bei Lu (0000-0002-4974-4452, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Aging Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia), Mingxu Yang (0000-0002-7558-3015, South China Agricultural University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 206-236 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192513x221150972 |
| OpenAlex | W4319840112 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 58 |
In an era of rapid aging and shrinking family sizes, only children have gradually become the main providers of old-age support. China offers a unique opportunity to investigate old-age support provision in one-child families due to its strict family planning policies. Using four-wave panel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we ask whether old-age support in one-child families is more or less motivated by parental investments than in multi-child families. Results show a coexistence of fairness maintenance thesis and singleton compensation thesis: children's returns to parents in one-child families are weakly motivated by their parents' large-sum investments, but strongly motivated by parental daily transfers. In one-child families, sons are more obliged to provide old-age support in return for parental transfers than are daughters. The policy implications for old-age support provision in an aging society with a declining family size are also discussed
China · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Family planning · Family support · Longitudinal data · One-child policy · Panel data · Parental investment · Political science · Pregnancy · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |