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Title: Economic Development and the Family Structure: from the Pater Familias to the Nuclear Family

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: In this article, we provide a theory that is able to account for the observed co-movement between the shift in intergenerational living arrangements from coresidence to non-coresidence and economic growth. Our theory is consistent with the diminution in the status of the elderly documented by some sociologists. A significant implication of our theory is that while explanations of the shift in the living arrangements that are based on pure economic factors are compatible with the evidence, those relying on cultural factors are not.

Url: http://www.econpubblica.unibocconi.it/files/WP150-Pensieroso-Sommacal.pdf

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Authors: Pensieroso, Luca; Sommacal, Alessandro

Series Title: WORKING PAPER SERIES

Publication Number: 150

Institution: Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Family and Marriage, Work, Family, and Time

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