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

Meng-Chi Tang () and Hsin-Yi Chiu ()
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Meng-Chi Tang: National Chung Cheng University
Hsin-Yi Chiu: National Chung Cheng University

The Japanese Economic Review, 2024, vol. 75, issue 4, No 13, 877-926

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Patrilocal coresidence; Living arrangements with children; Old-age support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 J13 J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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