Szydlik Schmid
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Current research project
| Title / Titel | Generation and Gender | ||||
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| Original title / Originaltitel | Generation und Geschlecht | ||||
| Summary / Zusammenfassung | Empirical studies indicate manifold connections between adult generations within families. These are clearly shaped by gender differences. Generally, daughters have more frequent contacts and emotionally closer relationships with their parents than sons. Gender differences in intergenerational relations do not only concern emotional closeness or frequency of contacts, but may also have an influence on intergenerational time and money transfers such as care, help and financial support. These three forms of functional solidarity are the main focus of this research project. How does the exchange of help, care and financial support differ between mother-daughter, mother-son, father-daughter and father-son relationships? In which areas do daughters engage more strongly? Where are sons more involved and how can those differences be explained? Are there significant disparities between countries? Apart from the influence of individual need and opportunity structures of adult children and their parents, this project will also examine the effects of different institutional and cultural settings. Thereby the question is raised to what extent intergenerational transfers from women and men as well as gender inequality in regard to functional solidarity are shaped by cultural models and welfare state institutions. The project goals include the dissertation of Tina Schmid (Assistant of Marc Szydlik). | ||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | generations, gender, family transfers, international comparison | ||||
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
Universität Zürich (position pursuing an academic career), SNF (Personen- und Projektförderung) |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | May 2009 to Jul 2013 |