WHY DO CHILDREN TAKE CARE OF THEIR ELDERLY PARENTS? ARE THE JAPANESE ANY DIFFERENT?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Horioka, Charles Yuji; Gahramanov, Emin; Hayat, Aziz; Tang, Xueli
• 署名单位: University of Osaka; National Bureau of Economic Research; American University of Sharjah; Deakin University; Deakin University
• 刊物名称: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0020-6598
• DOI: 10.1111/iere.12264
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 113-136
• 关键词: inter-vivos transfers; strategic altruistic transfers; intergenerational transfers; rent-seeking; motives; joy

摘要

We conduct a theoretical and empirical analysis of why children live with (or near) their parents and provide care and assistance to them using microdata from a Japanese household survey, the Osaka University Preference Parameter Study. We find that the Japanese are more likely to live with (or near) their elderly parents and/or to provide care and attention to them if they expect to receive a bequest from them, which constitutes strong support for the strategic bequest motive, but that their caregiving behavior is also heavily influenced by the strength of their altruism toward their parents and social norms.