In this paper, we analyze the determinants of the living arrangements of elderly parents and their children (whether … elderly parents live with their children, and if so, with which child) in Japan using micro data from a household survey. We … find that the proportion of elderly parents living with their eldest sons is much higher than that of elderly parents …

This paper analyzes what adult children would do for their parents were they frail and in need of long-term care …. Focusing on the special case of parents' illness, the paper then investigates altruism in Japanese children. Descriptive … statistics show that about 30% of adult children living separately from their parents provide long-term in-home care, which …

We estimate the effect of education on lifetime income in Europe, by distinguishing between individuals who lived in …

This paper investigates effects of forced marriages in the Pol Pot regime on educational investments for their children …

burden on the young, inducing them to have fewer children. This vicious cycle between population aging and the undersupply of …

This paper finds that individuals in Japan do not leave very significant bequests, that parents often require a quid … pro quo for bequests to their children, and that wealthier individuals leave less bequests, meaning that bequests …