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Giving Incentives of Adult Children Who Care for Disabled Parents
Author(s) -
WHITEMEANS SHELLEY I.,
HONG GONGSOOG
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2001.tb00119.x
Subject(s) - bequest , incentive , altruism (biology) , psychology , labour economics , developmental psychology , demographic economics , economics , social psychology , microeconomics , political science , law
Do altruism and bequest incentives motivate adult children to care for disabled parents? Using an economic framework, this study examines these caregiving incentives. Data from the 1992 Health and Retirement Study indicate that motives to increase bequests from parents and parents’ disabilities influence adult children's decisions about not working and giving time or money to disabled parents.