Intergenerational transfers and well-being in old age in contemporary urban and rural China

Thesis

China is entering a new historical era that has as its demographic hallmark an ageing population. The fact that China is ageing before it becomes a modernised, wealthy country, presents serious challenges, one of the most direct and important of which relates to support for older members of society. This thesis concerns the way in which different factors affect intergenerational transfers from adult children to their old parents, with particular focus on living arrangements and parental in...

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Authors: Chen, T

• Publication date: 2013
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-obekkjxoj
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: Pensions; Intergenerational transfers; China
• Subjects: Sociology; Intergenerational relationships; Population; Demography and population ageing