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Cross-national Differences in Intergenerational Family Relations: The Influence of Public Policy Arrangements
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Abstract Focusing mostly on Europe, this overview reveals how the research on cross-national differences in intergenerational family relations has moved from basic descriptions to a focus on understanding how support exchanges are shaped by macro-level processes. A key issue concerns generational interdepend... view more
Focusing mostly on Europe, this overview reveals how the research on cross-national differences in intergenerational family relations has moved from basic descriptions to a focus on understanding how support exchanges are shaped by macro-level processes. A key issue concerns generational interdependence, the extent to which public policy arrangements impose reliance on older and younger family members or enable individual autonomy. Real theoretical progress is visible in three areas of research. The first pertains to analyses at the micro level of how family members actually respond to the incentives that different macro contexts provide. The generosity or restrictedness of public provisions variably releases or necessitates normative obligations in interdependent family relationships. The second area of progress involves analyses of the implications of specific policies rather than policy packages for gender and socioeconomic inequality. The third area of progress is a more nuanced view on the familialism–individualism divide. These three areas provide inspiring examples for future investigations.... view less
Keywords
interdependence; Europe; Intergenerational relations; family; family member; public policy; comparative research
Classification
Family Policy, Youth Policy, Policy on the Elderly
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Free Keywords
Intergenerational family relations; Cross-national; Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 1-8
Journal
Innovation in Aging, 2 (2018) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx032
ISSN
2399-5300
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed