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Paola Giuliano - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Living Arrangements in western europe does cultural origin matter
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2007Co-Authors: Paola GiulianoAbstract:Conventional economic analyses have not been successful in explaining differences in Living Arrangements and particularly the dramatic increase in the fraction of young adults Living with their parents in Mediterranean Europe. This paper presents a cultural interpretation. I argue that the sexual revolution of the 1970s-by liberalizing parental attitudes-had a differential impact on Living Arrangements in Northern and Southern Europe on account of the closer parent-child ties in Southern Europe. Such an interpretation can easily explain both the shift in Living Arrangements over time and also observed North-South differentials. It receives support from data on the Living Arrangements of second-generation immigrants in the United States, both in 1970 and 2000. This duplication of the European pattern in a neutral environment, with the same unemployment benefits, the same welfare code, and the same macroeconomic conditions suggests a major role for culture in determining Living Arrangements. (JEL: D1, J1, Z13) (c) 2007 by the European Economic Association.
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Living Arrangements in western europe does cultural origin matter
2005 Meeting Papers, 2006Co-Authors: Paola GiulianoAbstract:Why are there such large differences in Living Arrangements across Western European countries? Conventional economic analyses have not been successful in explaining differences in Living Arrangements and particularly the dramatic increase in the fraction of young adults Living with their parents in Mediterranean Europe. This paper presents a cultural interpretation. I argue that the sexual revolution of the 1970s – by liberalizing parental attitudes – had a differential impact on Living Arrangements in Northern and Southern Europe on account of the closer parent-child ties in Southern Europe. Such an explanation can easily explain both the shift in Living Arrangements over time and also observed North-South differentials. It receives support from data on the Living Arrangements of second-generation immigrants in the US. Both in 1970 and 2000, by country of origin, the US Living Arrangements of second-generation immigrants mimic those in Europe across countries; similarly the changes in the US across time by country of origin mimic the European changes. This duplication of the European pattern in a neutral environment, with the same unemployment benefits, the same welfare code and the same macroeconomic conditions suggests a major role for culture in determining Living Arrangements.
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Living Arrangements in Western Europe: Does Cultural Origin Matter?
2005Co-Authors: Paola GiulianoAbstract:Why are there such large differences in Living Arrangements across Western European countries? Conventional economic analyses have not been successful in explaining differences in Living Arrangements and particularly the dramatic increase in the fraction of young adults Living with their parents in Mediterranean Europe. This paper presents a cultural interpretation. I argue that the sexual revolution of the 1970s – by liberalizing parental attitudes – had a differential impact on Living Arrangements in Northern and Southern Europe on account of the closer parent-child ties in Southern Europe. Such an explanation can easily explain both the shift in Living Arrangements over time and also observed North-South differentials. It receives support from data on the Living Arrangements of second-generation immigrants in the US. Both in 1970 and 2000, by country of origin, the US Living Arrangements of second-generation immigrants mimic those in Europe across countries; similarly the changes in the US across time by country of origin mimic the European changes. This duplication of the European pattern in a neutral environment, with the same unemployment benefits, the same welfare code and the same macroeconomic conditions suggests a major role for culture in determining Living Arrangements.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)
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on the determinants of Living Arrangements in western europe does cultural origin matter
Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, 2004Co-Authors: Paola GiulianoAbstract:Why are there such large differences in Living Arrangements across Western European countries? Conventional economic analyses have not been successful in explaining differences in Living Arrangements and particularly the dramatic increase in the fraction of young adults Living with their parents in Mediterranean Europe. This paper offers an explanation for this phenomenon and also shows a number of surprising facts that strongly support that explanation. This paper proposes an interpretation based on the interaction of a cultural identity, reflected in different family types, with an exogenous shock --the sexual revolution. Such an explanation can easily explain both the shift in Living Arrangements over time and also observed North-South differentials. It receives support from data on the Living Arrangements of second-generation immigrants in the US. Both in 1970 and 2000, by country of origin, the US Living Arrangements of second-generation immigrants mimic those in Europe across countries; similarly the changes in the US across time by country of origin mimic the European changes. This duplication of the European pattern in a neutral environment, with the same unemployment benefits, the same welfare code and the same macroeconomic conditions suggests a major role in determining Living Arrangements for what is common between the immigrants and their mother-country counterpart, i.e. a shock that affected immigrants and their European counterparts similarly
Truls Østbye - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Living Arrangements of community-dwelling older Singaporeans: predictors and consequences
Ageing and Society, 2017Co-Authors: Bina Gubhaju, Truls Østbye, Angelique ChanAbstract:ABSTRACTIn this paper, we examine predictors and consequences of Living Arrangements among community-dwelling older Singaporeans. We take a holistic approach and consider a range of social and economic as well as emotional and physical wellbeing indicators. Two waves (2009, 2011) of the Panel on Health and Ageing of Singaporean Elderly (PHASE) are analysed to (a) provide an overview of Living Arrangements in 2009 and assess the extent to which Living Arrangements change by 2011; (b) examine the predictors of Living Arrangements in 2009; and (c) examine the consequences of Living Arrangements over a two-year period. The majority (88%) of older Singaporeans co-reside with either their spouse and/or children. A small yet growing proportion live with others (5%) or live alone (6%). Very little change in Living Arrangements is observed over the two years. Our results show that women, the oldest-old and older adults with fewer children are more likely to live alone. Older adults who live alone are not particularly disadvantaged compared to those who live with their spouse and children or spouse only in their social and economic wellbeing. It is, in fact, older adults who live with their children that are disadvantaged in many aspects of social, economic and mental wellbeing. Measures to engage older adults Living with their families (along with those Living alone and with others) in broader social activities are imperative.
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Living Arrangements social networks and depressive symptoms among older men and women in singapore
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2011Co-Authors: Angelique Chan, Truls Østbye, Chetna Malhotra, Rahul MalhotraAbstract:Objectives To examine the association of Living Arrangements and social networks outside the household with depressive symptoms among older men and women, ascertain if these relationships differ between older men and women, and investigate whether the association of Living Arrangements with depressive symptoms varies by strength of social networks. Methods Data for 4489 community-dwelling Singaporeans, aged 60 years and older, from a recent nationally representative survey were analyzed. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the 11-item CES-D (Center for Epidemiologic Studies) scale, social networks through Lubben's revised social network scale, and Living Arrangements through household composition. Analysis was stratified by gender, and descriptive and multivariate statistics were used to assess the risk of depressive symptoms by Living Arrangements and social networks, adjusting for age, ethnic group, education, housing type, functional status, number of chronic diseases and involvement in social activities. Results Women had higher depressive symptom scores than men. Living alone and Living with at least 1 child (no spouse) (relative to Living with spouse and children), and weak social networks outside the household were associated with higher depressive symptom scores among both men and women. Men Living alone with weak social networks outside the household had higher depressive symptom scores than those with strong networks. Conclusion The findings have implications regarding the importance of strengthening non-familial social networks of older adults, particularly for those Living alone. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Waseem Zafar Iqbal - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Role of Living Arrangements, Social Status, and Perceived Satisfaction in Women
Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2019Co-Authors: Filza Waseem, Tahira Jibeen, Waseem Zafar IqbalAbstract:Living Arrangements, social status, and perceived freedom may have a powerful effect on women’s satisfaction with life. Perceptions of satisfaction were studied by testing these independent variables: Living Arrangements (Living with in-laws vs. separately) and social status (being married to army officer vs. civilian), with the dependent variables of perceived freedom and satisfaction with life. The sample comprised 104 women (age = 32.36, SD = 6.59) married to civilians (51%) and army officers (48%) in Lahore, Pakistan. Women married to army officers and not sharing with in-laws were more likely to indicate a higher level of freedom and satisfaction compared to women married to civilians and Living with in-laws. Further, a mediational analysis revealed that the effect of Living Arrangements on satisfaction was mediated by womens’ reported freedom.
Minah Lee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Living Arrangements and life satisfaction of korean older adults
Korean Journal of Sociology, 2015Co-Authors: Minah LeeAbstract:Living alone has been considered to be an important and negative predictor of life satisfaction in older adults. Less is, however, known if and how the transition to Living alone makes changes in the life satisfaction of older adults, and whether it has differential effects across men and women. The 2006 (wave 1) and 2008 (wave 2) Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA) is used to examine the relationships between Living Arrangements, along with the transition to Living alone, and life satisfaction as well as gender differences. Residualized regression analyses demonstrate that Korean older adults who experienced a transition to Living alone between waves 1 and 2 had a lower level of life satisfaction than those who remained Living with someone at wave 2 even after controlling for their economic situation and health status at wave 2 and life satisfaction at wave 1. The effect of the transition to Living alone, however, becomes non-significant after controlling for spousal loss between waves 1 and 2. Examining the interaction effects between Living Arrangements and gender also shows that the transition to Living alone does not have a significant differential effect between men and women, but Living alone at both waves is more harmful to men than to women. These findings suggest that older Korean men are more vulnerable when it comes to Living alone for a prolonged period than women are. Older women might adjust better to a new Living environment after the transition to Living alone than men
Hilary Williamson Hoynes - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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welfare reform and children s Living Arrangements
Journal of Human Resources, 2006Co-Authors: Marianne P. Bitler, Jonah B. Gelbach, Hilary Williamson HoynesAbstract:Relatively little is known about the impact of welfare reform on children's Living Arrangements, which was an important focus of reformers. We use data from the March CPS to examine this question. Our findings suggest three main conclusions. First, welfare reform in some cases has had large effects on parental co-residence among children. Second, those effects are neither entirely aligned with the stated goals of reform nor entirely in spite of these goals. Third, there is a great deal of treatment effect heterogeneity both with respect to racial and ethnic groups and with respect to whether reforms were waivers, TANF in states that had waivers, or TANF in states that did not.
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The Impact of Welfare Reform on Living Arrangements
2002Co-Authors: Marianne P. Bitler, Jonah B. Gelbach, Hilary Williamson HoynesAbstract:Labor market outcomes of welfare reform have been the subject of extensive research by economists, but there has been relatively little work on Living Arrangements, which was an important focus of reformers. Our research fills that gap by using data from the March CPS to examine the impacts of 1990s welfare waivers and the 1996 Federal welfare reform on Living Arrangements in samples of both children and women. Our findings suggest three main conclusions. First, welfare reform has had large effects on some important measures of Living Arrangements, including household size, parental co-residence among children, and marital status among women. Second, those effects are neither entirely aligned with the stated goals of reform nor entirely in spite of these goals. For example, in states that never had waivers, TANF was associated with a reduction of 14 percentage points in the fraction of Black children Living in central cities who live with an unmarried parent. However, the fraction of these children Living with neither parent rose by 8 percentage points, essentially doubling the baseline level. Third, there is a great deal of treatment heterogeneity both with respect to racial and ethnic groups, and with respect to whether reforms were waivers, TANF in states that had waivers, or TANF in states that did not (e.g., waiver effects on parental co-residence among Black, central-city children was much smaller than were TANF effects). Standard approaches - using only data on adult women, pooling the data across racial and ethnic groups, focusing only on high school dropouts, and/or assuming that TANF effects are the same in waiver and nonwaiver states - would generally not uncover these important changes in Living Arrangements.
