Early-life disadvantage and parent-to-child financial transfers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine (1) how parental childhood disadvantage is associated with parent-to-child financial transfers for schooling and other unspecified purposes and (2) whether the association holds when parental socioeconomic status (years of education, family income, wealth) is considered.

Background

Cumulative inequality theory posits that early life disadvantage may not only adversely affect one's resource accumulation across the life course, but it may also shape one's ability to provide assistance to offspring.

Method

Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics were used to estimate zero-inflated negative binomial regression models to predict the amount of parent-to-child transfers (N = 2364 for school transfers, N = 3618 for other transfers), c

SUBMITTER: Cheng KJG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12456452 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature