Instrumental support exchanges among kin and non-kin in light of personal configurations

IF 1.3 4区经济学 Q3 DEMOGRAPHY

Journal of Demographic Economics Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI:10.1017/dem.2021.25

Gaelle Aeby, J. Gauthier

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Abstract

Abstract As exchanges of instrumental support between kin and non-kin remain essential to buffer the impact of critical life events, we consider the characteristics of personal configurations that may enhance or hinder them. Personal configurations vary in terms of their composition and two aspects of their structure: density and centrality. These dimensions are investigated to uncover whether they influence the type of instrumental support being exchanged (financial, material, and care) and the likelihood of their being reciprocal. Drawing on a representative sample of individuals living in Switzerland, results show that overall instrumental support is present in all personal configurations irrespective of their composition, but financial support is more prevalent in configurations based on parent–adult child relationships. Furthermore, configuration structures characterized by density of emotional support are positively associated with giving care support and with reciprocity, while those characterized by density of conflict are associated with giving less instrumental support overall.

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根据个人配置，亲属和非亲属之间的工具支持交换

摘要由于亲属和非亲属之间的工具支持交流对于缓冲关键生活事件的影响仍然至关重要，我们考虑了可能增强或阻碍它们的个人配置的特征。个人配置在组成和结构的两个方面各不相同：密度和中心性。对这些维度进行调查，以揭示它们是否影响交换的工具性支持的类型（财务、物质和护理）以及它们相互作用的可能性。根据居住在瑞士的代表性样本，结果显示，无论其组成如何，所有个人配置中都存在整体工具性支持，但在基于父母-成人-儿童关系的配置中，经济支持更为普遍。此外，以情感支持密度为特征的配置结构与提供护理支持和互惠呈正相关，而以冲突密度为特征，与总体上提供较少的工具性支持呈正相关。

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Journal of Demographic Economics Multiple-

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2.30

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期刊介绍： Demographic variables such as fertility, mortality, migration and family structures notably respond to economic incentives and in turn affect the economic development of societies. Journal of Demographic Economics welcomes both empirical and theoretical papers on issues relevant to Demographic Economics with a preference for combining abstract economic or demographic models together with data to highlight major mechanisms. The journal was first published in 1929 as Bulletin de l’Institut des Sciences Economiques. It later became known as Louvain Economic Review, and continued till 2014 to publish under this title. In 2015, it moved to Cambridge University Press, increased its international character and changed its focus exclusively to demographic economics.