Intergenerational Living Distance and Adult Children's Subjective Well-Being
Scholars have confirmed that living arrangements can affect the subjective well-being(SWB)of the older people,but there are fewer studies on its impact on the SWB of adult children.Using the 2017 China General Social Survey(CGSS)data,we distinguish the living distance between adult children and their own parents and their spouse's parents,and explore the impact of intergenerational living distance on children's SWB.This paper finds that,in general,the closer one lives to their own parents,the higher the children's SWB.This conclusion still holds after robustness checks and dealing with endogeneity.While the closer living distance to one's spouse's parents does not increase the children's SWB.Heterogeneity analysis finds that the SWB-improving effect is more obvious among urban groups,women,adult children whose own parents are under 70 years old,and those whose own parents no longer work.Underlying mechanism analysis finds that the closer the living distance is,the more support parents can provide to their children,and the more support children provide to their parents.The main mechanism living close to parents improves children's SWB is the emotional support.Further analysis finds that when adult children and their parents live within a walking distance,the effect on the children's SWB is most obvious.Finally,some policy implications are discussed based on these conclusions.
Living DistanceChildren's SWBIntergenerational SupportEmotional Support
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