Love, Money and Old Age Support: Does Parental Matchmaking Matter?

Love, Money and Old Age Support: Does Parental Matchmaking Matter?

Parental involvement in matchmaking may distort the choice of spouse because parents are willing to substitute love for market and household production, which are more sharable between parents and their children. This paper finds supportive evidence in a survey of Chinese couples. In both rural and...

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Main Authors: HUANG, Fali, JIN, Ginger Zhe, XU, Lixin Colin
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
Subjects:
Parental matchmaking
household production
old age support
parental welfare
social network
Behavioral Economics
Family, Life Course, and Society
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1722
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2721/viewcontent/WPS7188.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2721/viewcontent/WPS7188.pdf

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