We conduct a theoretical and empirical analysis of why children live with (or near) their parents and provide care and … that the Japanese are more likely to live with (or near) their elderly parents and/or to provide care and attention to them … that their caregiving behavior is also heavily influenced by the strength of their altruism toward their parents and social …

. By definition, informal care is unpaid. It remains a puzzle why so many adult children give freely of their time … 2003 waves of National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women. We examine whether the elderly parents give more inter …-vivos monetary transfers to adult children who provide informal care, by examining both the extensive and intensive margins of …