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| Gender differences in intergenerational care in European welfare states | | Author(s) | Klaus Haberkern, Tina Schmid, Marc Szydlik |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 35, no 2, February 2015 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, February 2015 |
| Pages | pp 298-320 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Sons as carers ; Daughters as carers ; Social welfare ; Comparison ; European Union ; Europe. |
| Annotation | Older people with functional limitations are predominantly cared for by family members. Women - spouses and daughters - provide most of this care work. In principle, gender inequality in intergenerational care may have three causes. First, daughters and sons have different resources to provide care. Second, daughters and sons respond differently to the same resources. Third, welfare state programmes and cultural norms affect daughters and sons differently. This paper uses data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to consider whether these three assumed causes are in fact responsible for gender differences in intergenerational care. Empirical analyses reveal that parents in need are in fact more likely to receive care from daughters than from sons. Daughters are more responsive to the needs of their parents than sons and respond differently to the same resources. Gender inequality is highest in countries with a high level of intergenerational care, high public spending on old-age cash-benefits, a low provision of professional care services, high family obligation norms and a high level of gendered division of labour. Welfare state programmes reduce or increase gender inequality in intergenerational care by reducing or increasing the engagement of daughters in intergenerational care. In general, care-giving by sons is hardly influenced by social care policies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150623005 A |
| Classmark | P6:SSA: P6:SSH: TY: 48: WFC: 74 |
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