In most industrialized countries, more people than ever are having to cope with the burden of caring for elderly parents. This paper formulates a model to explain how parental care responsibilities and family structure interact in affecting children’s mobility characteristics. A key insight we obtain is that the mobility of young adults crucially depends on the presence of a sibling. Our explanation is mainly, but not exclusively, based on a sibling power effect. Siblings compete in location and employment decisions so as to direct parental care decisions at later stages towards their preferred outcome. Only children are not exposed to this kind of competition. This causes an equilibrium in which siblings not only exhibit higher mobility...
This paper analyzes peer effects among siblings in the decision to leave parental home. Estimating p...
This paper proposes a process-oriented life course perspective on intergenerational mobility by comp...
This paper compares youth occupational status in several European countries by focusing on social cl...
In most industrialized countries, more people than ever are having to cope with the burden of caring...
This paper formulates a model to explain how parental care responsibilities and family structure int...
Research consistently shows that children with siblings live at a greater distance from their parent...
Research consistently shows that children with siblings live at a greater distance from their parent...
There is a potential free-rider problem when several siblings consider future provision of care for ...
This research examines the relationship between older parents' health issues and (i) their relocatio...
Sibling correlations are used as overall measures of the impact of family background and community i...
This paper considers the intrafamily allocation of elderly care in the context of inter-national mig...
Research on educational mobility is concerned with inequalities between families. Differences in inn...
The effect of family background on educational and labor market outcomes is the most studied questio...
In this study, we examine how the influence of the family on occupational success fluctuates when st...
Research on educational mobility is concerned with inequalities between families. Differences in inn...
This paper analyzes peer effects among siblings in the decision to leave parental home. Estimating p...
This paper proposes a process-oriented life course perspective on intergenerational mobility by comp...
This paper compares youth occupational status in several European countries by focusing on social cl...
In most industrialized countries, more people than ever are having to cope with the burden of caring...
This paper formulates a model to explain how parental care responsibilities and family structure int...
Research consistently shows that children with siblings live at a greater distance from their parent...
Research consistently shows that children with siblings live at a greater distance from their parent...
There is a potential free-rider problem when several siblings consider future provision of care for ...
This research examines the relationship between older parents' health issues and (i) their relocatio...
Sibling correlations are used as overall measures of the impact of family background and community i...
This paper considers the intrafamily allocation of elderly care in the context of inter-national mig...
Research on educational mobility is concerned with inequalities between families. Differences in inn...
The effect of family background on educational and labor market outcomes is the most studied questio...
In this study, we examine how the influence of the family on occupational success fluctuates when st...
Research on educational mobility is concerned with inequalities between families. Differences in inn...
This paper analyzes peer effects among siblings in the decision to leave parental home. Estimating p...
This paper proposes a process-oriented life course perspective on intergenerational mobility by comp...
This paper compares youth occupational status in several European countries by focusing on social cl...