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From Child to Parent? The Significance of Children’s Education for Their Parents’ Longevity

Torssander, Jenny - In: Demography 50 (2013) 2, pp. 637-659

example, well-educated adult children use their resources to find the best available health care for their aging parents. I …

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The Schooling of Offspring and the Survival of Parents

Friedman, Esther; Mare, Robert - In: Demography 51 (2014) 4, pp. 1271-1293

Contemporary stratification research on developed societies usually views the intergenerational transmission of …

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Migration Processes, Familial Characteristics, and Schooling Dropout Among Black Youths

Thomas, Kevin - In: Demography 49 (2012) 2, pp. 477-498

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Returns on Lifetime Investments in Children in Egypt

Cunningham, Solveig; Yount, Kathryn; Engelman, Michal; … - In: Demography 50 (2013) 2, pp. 699-724

gendered: sons tend to provide economic transfers, whereas daughters tend to provide instrumental help. A greater number of … transfers and provision of housing—is associated with receiving instrumental assistance from adult children. Copyright …

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The Effects of Childhood, Adult, and Community Socioeconomic Conditions on Health and Mortality among Older Adults in China

Wen, Ming; Gu, Danan - In: Demography 48 (2011) 1, pp. 153-181

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Modeling Disability Trajectories and Mortality of the Oldest-Old in China

Zimmer, Zachary; Martin, Linda; Nagin, Daniel; Jones, Bobby - In: Demography 49 (2012) 1, pp. 291-314

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Does Education Improve Cognitive Performance Four Decades After School Completion?

Schneeweis, Nicole; Skirbekk, Vegard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - In: Demography 51 (2014) 2, pp. 619-643

We study the effect of secondary education on cognitive performance toward the end of working age. We exploit the exogenous variation in years of schooling arising from compulsory schooling reforms implemented in six European countries during the 1950s and 1960s. Using data of individuals,...

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Trends in Late-Life Activity Limitations in the United States: An Update From Five National Surveys

Freedman, Vicki; Spillman, Brenda; Andreski, Patti; … - In: Demography 50 (2013) 2, pp. 661-671

This article updates trends from five national U.S. surveys to determine whether the prevalence of activity limitations among the older population continued to decline in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Findings across studies suggest that personal care and domestic activity...

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Is Health of the Aging Improved by Conditional Cash Transfer Programs? Evidence From Mexico

Behrman, Jere; Parker, Susan - In: Demography 50 (2013) 4, pp. 1363-1386

Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs link public transfers to human capital investment in the hopes of alleviating … current poverty and reducing its intergenerational transmission. Whereas nearly all studies of their effects have focused on … youth, CCT programs may also have an impact on aging adults by increasing household resources or inducing changes in …

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