Journal article
Helping to Build and Rebuild Secure Lives and Futures: Financial Transfers from Parents to Adult Children and Grandchildren
Abstract
This paper explores intergenerational financial transfers from parents to adult children and grandchildren within a life course perspective. Research on intergenerational financial transfers has been sparse, and little is known about the financial support older Canadians provide to family members or about the meaning of that assistance. Survey data from a convenience sample of older Canadians was analysed to determine the types of financial …
Authors
Ploeg J; Campbell L; Denton M; Joshi A; Davies S
Journal
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. s113–s125
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
2004
DOI
10.1353/cja.2005.0039
ISSN
0714-9808