AGING AN INTERGENERATIONAL ASSISTANCE WITHIN FAMILIES

描述：该研究将调查金融流动 老年父母及其成年子女之间的援助， 这些资金流动与补充资金提供的援助之间的关系 安全收入计划（SSI）。 它将研究三个方面的问题， 代间援助：生前转移和遗赠 父母对子女：子女对父母的现金转移;以及 政府对老年人的帮助。 这项研究将提供一个完整的 说明资金流动情况，并在若干层面进行分析 范围从数据中模式的一般描述到结构化 基于模型的估计 一个转移行为的理论模型将被开发， 生前转移和遗赠作为同一决策过程的一部分， 但这使得两种行为的模式不同。 的 在这一估计中采用的计量经济学规范将考虑到 考虑到未观察到的家庭在慷慨方面的差异， 父母和孩子之间的差异 动态结构模型 将提议将生前转让和遗赠结合起来。 这项研究的一个重要组成部分将是分析 家庭援助和政府转移支付方案的相互作用。 的 通过SSI计划转移的程度取代，或挤出， 将估计家庭援助。 这一结果将有助于政策 决策者在确定政府计划的再分配效果。 实证分析将基于健康和退休调查 (HRS)资产和健康动态调查（AHEAD）。 他们一起 提供了一个完整的描述转移的后一部分， 生命周期 每次调查的四个波将用于关注动态 行为的各个方面，研究转移如何适应 潜在捐助者和受援者的财务状况。

DESCRIPTION: The research will investigate the flows of financial assistance between older parents and their adult children and the relationship of these flows to assistance provided by the Supplemental Security Income Program (SSI). It will examine three dimensions of intergenerational assistance: inter vivos transfers and bequests from parents to children: cash transfers from children to parents; and government assistance to the elderly. This study will provide a complete description of financial flows with analyses conducted at several levels ranging from general descriptions of the patterns in the data to structural model based estimation. A theoretical model of transfer behavior will be developed that treats inter vivos transfers and bequests as part of the same decision making process, but that allows the patterns for the two behaviors to differ. The econometric specifications employed in this estimation will take into account unobserved family differences in generosity, and unobserved differences particular to a parent-child pair. A dynamic structural model will be proposed that combines inter vivos transfers and bequests. An important component of this research will be the analysis of the interaction of familial assistance and government transfer programs. The extent to which transfers through the SSI program replace, or crowd out, familial assistance will be estimated. This result will be of use to policy makers in determining the redistributional effects of government programs. The empirical analyses will be based on the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) and the Asset and Health Dynamics Survey (AHEAD). Together they provide a complete description of transfers over the latter portion of the life cycle. Four waves of each survey will be used to focus on the dynamic aspects of behavior, examining how transfers adjust to changes in the financial status of potential donors and recipients.