 Early-life transfers for education and marriage and children’s old-age support: Time or money?Ziwei Rao, Max Groneck and Rob Alessie The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2025, vol. 31, issue C Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between parental transfers in early life and the support provided by children to their elderly parents in terms of both financial and time contributions. The study hypothesizes that the type of transfer received by the child correlates with the nature of support they provide in later life. Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), the findings suggest a positive correlation between educational transfers and financial support provided by the child, while transfers towards supporting a child’s marriage are positively linked to increased time support in terms of visits to the elder parents. The results also provide tentative evidence that children’s place of residence may act as a mediating factor, with educational transfers predicting a greater geographical distance, while marital transfers are associated with children staying closer to their parents. Keywords: Marital transfer; Educational investment; Old-age support; Migration (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:joecag:v:31:y:2025:i:c:s2212828x25000179 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100562 Access Statistics for this article The Journal of the Economics of Ageing is currently edited by D.E. Bloom, A. Sousa-Poza and U. Sunde More articles in The Journal of the Economics of Ageing from Elsevier |
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