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Comment on “Why do women interact with their parents more often than men? The demonstration effect vs. the biological effect”

Stark, Oded - In: The Social Science Journal 52 (2015) 2, pp. 278-279

This Comment takes issue with the inference that Taiwanese data refute the applicability of the demonstration effect in … intergenerational transfers. The Comment points to proper and discriminating tests of the demonstration effect. …

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Do Religious Children Care More and Provide More Care for Older Parents? A Study of Filial Norms and Behaviors across Five Nations

Stark, Oded - In: Journal of Comparative Family Studies 41 (2010) 4, pp. 629-631

We propose an explanation for the provision of attention and care to aged parents; we suggest a reason why the presence of young children could support rather than inhibit the provision of this care; and we provide an explanation as to why daughters are more often observed to provide attention...

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On the demand for grandchildren: Tied transfers and the demonstration effect

Cox, Donald; Stark, Oded - 2004

a subsidization emanates from the demonstration effect: a child's propensity to furnish parents with attention and care … demonstration effect. … Families and Households, indicates behavior consistent with subsidization of the production of grandchildren and the …

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On the Demand for Grandchildren: Tied Transfers and the Demonstration Effect

Cox, Donald; Stark, Oded - Department of Economics and Finance Research and … - 2004

such a subsidization emanates from the "demonstration effect:" a child's propensity to furnish parents with attention and … demonstration effect. … Families and Households, indicates behavior consistent with subsidization of the production of grandchildren and the …

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