Should intra-familial time transfers be compensated financially?
This paper deals with social acceptance of applying the equity principle for intra-familial time transfers. Based on a representative survey among German citizens, the author provides empirical evidence on acceptance of financial compensation for different time transfers. Some 80% of the subjects st...
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Published in: | MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 02-2018) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
2018
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Summary: | This paper deals with social acceptance of applying the equity principle for intra-familial time transfers. Based on a representative survey among German citizens, the author provides empirical evidence on acceptance of financial compensation for different time transfers. Some 80% of the subjects stated that intra-familial long-term care should be compensated. At the same time, only 38% of subjects stated that grandparental childcare should be compensated: The majority accepts equity principle for intra-familial long-term care but not for grandparental childcare. Age has the strongest effect: subjects belonging to the old generation are more likely to accept the equity principle for informal long-term care as well as for grandparental childcare. Family valuation does not matter in any of the dimensions. It is puzzling that being a female by itself does not explain the differences in social acceptance even though females are much more actively involved in all types of time transfers. |
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Physical Description: | 45 Pages |
ISSN: | 1867-3678 |
DOI: | 10.17192/es2024.0555 |