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Upstream or downstream transfer behind patrilocal coresidence? Evidence from three-generational panel data

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  • Meng-Chi Tang

    (National Chung Cheng University)

  • Hsin-Yi Chiu

    (National Chung Cheng University)

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This paper investigates the determinants of intergenerational patrilocal coresidence in Taiwan. We hypothesize that the function of coresidence can be either upstream transfer, where children care for old-age parents, or downstream transfer, where parents care for adult children. We explore these possibilities by controlling for the characteristics of husbands, wives, parents, and children across three generations in a family. We apply panel data methods to control for unobserved, time-invariant characteristics within family. We find that parents’ and children’s education and homeownership are important factors related to patrilocal coresidence. Using three-generational data, we show that parents who lived with the grandparents are 7% more likely to live with their adult children in Taiwan. We argue that this identifies upstream transfer as a more important function behind patrilocal coresidence in Taiwan, which leads to the observed steady patrilocal coresidence rate across generations.

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  • Meng-Chi Tang & Hsin-Yi Chiu, 2024. "Upstream or downstream transfer behind patrilocal coresidence? Evidence from three-generational panel data," The Japanese Economic Review, Springer, vol. 75(4), pages 877-926, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jecrev:v:75:y:2024:i:4:d:10.1007_s42973-024-00178-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s42973-024-00178-1
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    Keywords

    Patrilocal coresidence; Living arrangements with children; Old-age support;
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    JEL classification:

    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination

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