Financial support and practical help between older parents and their middle-aged children in Europe
Financial support and practical help between older parents and their middle-aged children in Europe
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DOI：
10.1017/s0144686x10001212
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发表时间：
2011-05-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Brandt, Martina
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作者：
Deindl, Christian;Brandt, Martina
欧洲各地区年长父母及其中年子女之间的经济支持和实际帮助差异很大。北欧和西欧的特点是父母获得实际帮助和经济转移的可能性很高，而在南欧和东欧，此类支持的可能性要小得多。对父母的财政转移显示出几乎相反的分布，在南部和东部福利制度中，有更多的孩子支持父母。根据 2006-07 年对 14 个欧洲国家进行的第二轮欧洲健康、老龄化和退休调查，这些国家差异可能与不同的社会政策有关。控制国家构成的不同方面，包括影响代际支持的个人特征和家庭结构，发现公开提供的服务和转移越多，50岁或以上的人零星帮助年迈父母的人就越多，而他们提供的货币支持就越少。另一方面，慷慨的公共转移支付使64岁或以上的父母能够在经济上支持他们的后代。因此，既没有“挤入”也没有“挤出”，而是发现私人转移依赖于公共转移的修改，反之亦然，这表明私人和公共支持的专业化。
Financial support and practical help between older parents and their middle-aged children vary greatly among the regions of Europe. Northern and Western Europe is characterised by a high likelihood of practical help to and financial transfers from parents, while in Southern and Eastern Europe these kinds of support are much less likely. Financial transfers to parents show an almost opposite distribution, with more children supporting a parent in Southern and Eastern welfare regimes. Using the second wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe encompassing 14 European countries conducted in 2006-07, these country differences can be linked to different social policies. Controlling for different aspects of country composition in terms of individual characteristics and family structures impacting on intergenerational support, it was found that the more services and transfers provided publicly, the more people aged 50 or more years helped their older parents sporadically, and the less monetary support they provided. On the other hand, generous public transfers enabled parents aged 64 or more years to support their offspring financially. Thus, neither 'crowding in' nor 'crowding out', but a modification of private transfers depending on public transfers and vice versa is found, suggesting a specialisation of private and public support.