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Intergenerational Dependency

Intergenerational Dependency is a theoretical construct within the study of intergenerational households that denotes the reciprocal socioeconomic or caregiving reliance between two or more distinct generations co-residing or linked within a familial structure, distinguished by its emphasis on mutual, often asymmetric, obligations and resource flows across age cohorts.

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106

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75

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2017–2026

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Intergenerational Interdependence

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Children and the elderly: Divergent paths for America’s dependents

Samuel H. Preston · Demography · 1984 · 572 citations · Full text

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Between elderly parents and adult children: a new look at the intergenerational care provided by the ‘sandwich generation’

Emily Grundy, John C. Henretta · Ageing and Society · 2006 · 434 citations · Full text

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Family policy in comparative perspective: The concepts and measurement of familization and defamilization

Henning Lohmann, Hannah Zagel · Journal of European Social Policy · 2015 · 224 citations · Full text

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Ties That No Longer Bind? The Patterns and Repercussions of Age-Articulated Migration

David A. Plane, Jason R. Jurjevich · The Professional Geographer · 2009 · 153 citations

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Intergenerational Relationships and Elderly Care in China

Xuewen Sheng, Barbara H. Settles · Current Sociology · 2006 · 106 citations

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Authors

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  1. PA
    Pearl A. Dykstra

    Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, Netherlands

    2 publications · 66 citations

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  2. HL
    Henning Lohmann

    German Institute for Economic Research, Germany

    2 publications · 249 citations

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  3. HZ
    Hannah Zagel

    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

    2 publications · 249 citations

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  4. RS
    Rongjun Sun

    Cleveland State University, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. GP
    Gail Pacheco

    Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

    1 publications · 20 citations

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Institutions

75

  1. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    200 citations

  2. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    94 citations

  3. State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    88 citations

  4. Bowling Green State University

    Bowling Green, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  6. James Cook University

    Townsville, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  7. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    96 citations

  8. The King's University

    Edmonton, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

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Venues

  1. Housing Studies

    4 publications · 112 citations

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  2. Ageing and Society

    A&S · 2 publications · 461 citations

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  3. The Gerontologist

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  4. Health Economics

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  5. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

    Repository · 1 publications · 24 citations

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