Nguyen, Ha Trong; Liu, Amy Y.C.; Booth, Alison L. - In: Journal of Development Studies 48 (2012) 8, pp. 1177-1191
In the absence of a broad-based pension scheme, the elderly in developing countries may rely on monetary transfers made by their children and on their own labour supply. This article examines whether monetary transfers from children help to reduce elderly parents' need to work. Taking the...