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Parental Housing Assistance and Parent‐Child Proximity in Italy
Author(s) -
Tomassini Cecilia,
Wolf Douglas A.,
Rosina Alessandro
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00700.x
Subject(s) - spouse , multinomial logistic regression , grandparent , psychology , demographic economics , fragile families and child wellbeing study , grandchild , child care , logistic regression , developmental psychology , survey data collection , social psychology , demography , economics , medicine , sociology , statistics , mathematics , machine learning , pediatrics , anthropology , computer science
Many studies of intergenerational exchanges include parent‐child proximity as an exogenous explanatory variable. Proximity may itself be a consequence of intergenerational resource flows, however. We analyze patterns of economic transfers between generations and their relationship to parent‐child proximity in Italy. Parental support for a child's home purchase may influence the child's choice of location, whether to facilitate parent‐child contacts, grandchild care, or parent care. We examine the situation of married couples, focusing on housing help received and the association of that help with proximity to each spouse's parents. Using 1998 survey data and multinomial logistic regression models, we find that past housing assistance has a significant effect on current proximity to each spouse's parents, controlling for parents' survival, family composition, and other factors.