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The Intriguing Relation Between Parenting Styles and Eldercare

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  • Fan, Simon

    (Lingnan University)

  • Pang, Yu

    (Macau University of Science and Technology)

  • Pestieau, Pierre

    (Université catholique de Louvain, LIDAM/CORE, Belgium)

Abstract

This paper develops an overlapping generations model analyzing parenting choices from a life cycle perspective. Young parents educate their children to foster their human capital development. Strict discipline requires minimal time from parents yet but can strain intergenerational relations. Pedagogical practice preserves familial bonds but demands significant time and effort, adversely affecting parental income. As parents age, they desire caregiving support from their adult children, who may bring earlier conflicts with their parents into the care environment. We suggest that the prevalence of strict discipline declines when the probability of living into old adulthood increases. We then incorporate health investments into the model to endogenize longevity and investigate the transitional dynamics of life expectancy, parenting styles, and human capital stock. Moreover, we examine how the interaction between parenting styles and monetary transfers induces children’s provision of eldercare in a bargaining framework. We characterize multiple stationary Markov perfect equilibria, shedding light on the observed diversity in parenting across different cultures.

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  • Fan, Simon & Pang, Yu & Pestieau, Pierre, 2024. "The Intriguing Relation Between Parenting Styles and Eldercare," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 2024018, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
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    Keywords

    Parenting ; longevity ; old-age support ; human capital ; health investment;
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    JEL classification:

    • I19 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Other
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination

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