The intermediate effect of geographic proximity on intergenerational support

The geographic proximity between parents and their adult children is a key element of intergenerational solidarity. Not only does the actual level of support between parents and adult children depends on this geographic proximity. The geographical distance can itself be considered as an expression of intergenerational solidarity. In this paper we explicitly take into account this endogenous nature of the geographical distance as we focus on the indirect effect of the determinants of the actual level of intergenerational support through the geographical distance. For the analyses data from the Generations and Gender Survey are used.