@article {6579, title = {Selection of Children to Provide Care: The effect of earlier parental transfers}, journal = {The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences}, volume = {52B}, year = {1997}, publisher = {52B}, abstract = {We use the first wave of data from the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) study to examine the effects of past parent-to-child financial transfers on selection of a child to provide assistance with basic personal care for unmarried parents. We estimate a fixed-effects conditional logit model and find a positive and significant association between past financial transfers and a child{\textquoteright}s current helping behavior. The coefficient of past financial transfers is in the direction hypothesized, and its magnitude is 80 as large as that of gender, a well-documented powerful predictor of parental caregiving. There appears to be substantial evidence that earlier parent-to-child financial gifts play a role in determining which child in the family will provide assistance.}, keywords = {Adult children, Demographics, Health Conditions and Status, Healthcare, Income, Methodology, Other}, author = {John C Henretta and Martha S. Hill and Li, Wei and Beth J Soldo and Douglas A. Wolf} }