Thursday, June 14 / 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM   •   DeGeer

Session 24:
Intergenerational contact and proximity

Chair: Marjolein I. Broese van Groenou, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  1. Intergenerational contact in Europe: altruism or exchange? • Valeria Bordone, Vienna University of Economics and Business ; Pearl Dykstra, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  2. The relationships among family economic status, intergenerational spatial proximity and parental health - lessons from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) • HwaJung Choi, University of Michigan ; Robert Schoeni, University of Michigan ; Michele Heisler, University of Michigan

  3. Mapping intergenerational care across households in the UK: analysing proximity, propinquity and resources in the ‘Tacit Intergenerational Contract’ • Alex Fanghanel, University College London ; Ernestina E. Coast, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ; Sara Randall, University College London

  4. Geographic configuration of family networks – regional differences in geographical proximity to parents, siblings and adult children • Emma Lundholm, Umeå University

  5. Intergenerational proximity as resource for well-being at older ages • Marieke van der Pers, University of Groningen ; Clara H. Mulder, University of Groningen ; Nardi Steverink, University of Groningen

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