Intergenerational analysis of social interaction

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We explore the relationship between the social interaction of parents and their offspring from a theoretical and an empirical perspective. Our theoretical framework establishes possible explanations for the intergenerational transfer of social interaction whereby the social interaction of the parent may influence that of their offspring and vice versa. The empirical evidence, based on four data sets covering Great Britain and the U.S., is supportive of our theoretical priors. We find robust evidence of intergenerational links between the social interaction of parents and their offspring supporting the existence of positive bi-directional intergenerational effects in social interaction.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5621

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Household Behavior and Family Economics: Other ; Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes ; Public Goods ; Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
• Subject: social interaction ; intergenerational transfer ; Soziale Beziehungen ; Generationenbeziehungen ; Eltern ; Kinder ; Theorie ; Großbritannien ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Brown, Sarah ; McHardy, Jolian ; Taylor, Karl
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51654
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104134213
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET