| Title |
Parental Investments in College and Later Cash Transfers
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Demography, September 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s13524-018-0703-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Steven J. Haider, Kathleen McGarry |
| Abstract |
Parents often provide generous financial transfers to their adult children, perhaps assisting with college expenses, recognizing major life course events, or cushioning against negative financial shocks. Because resources are limited, a transfer made to one child likely affects transfers made to others in the family. Despite such possibilities, data limitations have led previous authors to focus almost exclusively on a single type of transfer made at a single point in time. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we examine the relationships among parental transfers for college and later cash transfers to all children within a family. We find that parents typically spend differentially on the postsecondary schooling of their children but find no evidence that this differential spending is offset by later cash transfers. |
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