A study on the relationships between public and private intergenerational transfers in contemporary Japan

在文献回顾和访谈调查的基础上，对当代日本老年父母和成年子女之间的代际关系进行了研究。研究发现，养老金等公共代际转移并没有削弱，反而维持了家庭关系，这体现在年迈的父母积极向其成年子女提供经济支助。通过这项研究，建立了一个新的假设，即在当代日本家庭中，父系关系和双边关系并存。

Intergenerational relationships between elderly parents and adult children in contemporary Japan were studied on the basis of literature review and interview surveys. It was found that public intergenerational transfers such as old-age pension did not weaken but rather have maintained family relationships as seen in the fact that elderly parents actively give financial support to their adult children. From this study, a new hypothesis was established that both patri-lineal and bilateral relationships coexist in contemporary Japanese families.