This paper analyzes what adult children would do for their parents were they frail and in need of long-term care. Focusing on the special case of parents ’ illness, the paper then investigates altruism in Japanese children. Descriptive statistics show that about 30 % of adult children living separately from their parents provide long-term in-home care, which suggests that a significant number of Japanese children supply care. However, detailed examination reveals that this parental care is not motivated entirely by altruism. We show that children provide parental care when their parents are wealthy enough to meet the costs of nursing
Based on the findings of research studies on the practice of filial piety in East and South-east Asi...
The purpose of this paper is to test alternative models of long-term caring motives. We consider thr...
The aim of this paper is to analyze long-term care (LTC) insurance purchase decisions when parents e...
This paper analyzes what children would do for their frail parents were they in need of long-term ca...
In this paper, we conduct a theoretical analysis of why individuals provide care and attention to th...
Abstract Japan is going to be a ‘super ’ aged society in the 21st century. One of the biggest questi...
In this paper, we analyze the determinants of the living arrangements of elderly parents and their c...
peer reviewedThe aim of this paper is to analyse long-term care (LTC) insurance purchase decisions b...
Japan is galloping to the so called aging society, and the problem concerning the aged people will b...
This paper attempts to discover why some adult children take care of their elderly parents, and why ...
The strategic bequest motive implies that children may want to live with their parents and provide c...
As the population of older Americans rapidly increases and the costs of institutional health care ri...
This paper examines the implications of providing care to elderly parents for adult children’s retir...
This paper examines the case of Japan in the aspects of family support for the elderly, arising out ...
This article investigates the care support pattern of the middle-aged sandwich generation towards th...
Based on the findings of research studies on the practice of filial piety in East and South-east Asi...
The purpose of this paper is to test alternative models of long-term caring motives. We consider thr...
The aim of this paper is to analyze long-term care (LTC) insurance purchase decisions when parents e...
This paper analyzes what children would do for their frail parents were they in need of long-term ca...
In this paper, we conduct a theoretical analysis of why individuals provide care and attention to th...
Abstract Japan is going to be a ‘super ’ aged society in the 21st century. One of the biggest questi...
In this paper, we analyze the determinants of the living arrangements of elderly parents and their c...
peer reviewedThe aim of this paper is to analyse long-term care (LTC) insurance purchase decisions b...
Japan is galloping to the so called aging society, and the problem concerning the aged people will b...
This paper attempts to discover why some adult children take care of their elderly parents, and why ...
The strategic bequest motive implies that children may want to live with their parents and provide c...
As the population of older Americans rapidly increases and the costs of institutional health care ri...
This paper examines the implications of providing care to elderly parents for adult children’s retir...
This paper examines the case of Japan in the aspects of family support for the elderly, arising out ...
This article investigates the care support pattern of the middle-aged sandwich generation towards th...
Based on the findings of research studies on the practice of filial piety in East and South-east Asi...
The purpose of this paper is to test alternative models of long-term caring motives. We consider thr...
The aim of this paper is to analyze long-term care (LTC) insurance purchase decisions when parents e...