Abstract Purpose: As Baby Boomers enter late life, relationships with family members gain
importance. This review article highlights two aspects of their intergenerational …

T his chapter is about material transfers among adult family genera-tions. They occur either
as infer vim gifts or as bequests. These two types have often been analyzed separately …

The ageing of European populations presents health, long-term care, and welfare systems
with new challenges. Although reports of ageing as a fundamental threat to the welfare state …

Popular media describe adverse effects of helicopter parents who provide intense support to
grown children, but few studies have examined implications of such intense support. Grown …

Thegenerational contract'is the most important and also the most contentious dimension of
contemporary welfare systems. Much of the debate on how to reform it is still truncated …

The ageing of the European population is expected to strongly influence both the structure of
family relations and the pattern of private transfers between generations. Using data from the …

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 …

This paper discusses the informal and formal provision of help and support to older people
from a comparative welfare state perspective, with particular reference to the relationships …

Objectives. Middle-aged adults engage in support exchanges with generations above and
below. This study investigated (a) how support to one generation is associated with support …

The recent explosion in population ageing across the globe represents one of the most
remarkable demographic changes in human history. Population ageing will profoundly affect …