Social inequalities in facing old-age dependency: a bi-generational perspective
- 4 February 2010
- journal article
- other
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of European Social Policy
- Vol. 20 (1), 32-44
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928709352540
Abstract
Population ageing implies the ageing of family and kinship networks. Because the absolute number of the frail elderly is set to increase, notwithstanding the increase in life expectancy in good health, a top-heavy intergenerational chain is likely both to put stress on the middle generation, and result in the older and younger generations competing for their support. Thus, issues of the redistribution of financial and time resources become relevant in the middle and younger generations when frailty emerges in the older generation. This article adopts a bi-generational perspective in order to examine not only whether social inequality affects resources available to the dependent elderly, but also whether and how a frail elderly person’s demands impact differently on children’s resources and life chances across gender and social classes, as well as what the impact of specific patterns of public care provision (other than healthcare) is on these inequalities.Keywords
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