Intergenerational Exchanges in Mexico

Jed Friedman , Truong Si Anh , and Bui The Cuong Intergenerational Exchanges in Vietnam : Family Size

Declining fertility in many Asian countries is leading to concern about its implications for support and care of the elderly. This study examines variations in intergenerational support by family size, family composition and location of children in Vietnam based on recent regional surveys in the north and south of the country. Results confirm the central role of children in providing material a...

The perceived benefits and problems associated with intergenerational exchanges in day care settings.

The universe of current adult day care center administrators (n = 36) and a stratified random sample of child day care center administrators (n = 300) in Virginia were surveyed to gather information about professionals' perceptions of the benefits and problems associated with providing regular intergenerational exchanges in day care settings. Findings of a qualitative analysis revealed that pro...

Attitudes toward Intergenerational Exchanges among Administrators in Child and Adult Day Care Centers

Intergenerational Gap: An Emerging Phenomenon in Iran

Intergenerational gap refers to the disturbance and crisis in the cultural sequence of generations, which leads to conflict in terms of values and norms between parents and children. Until recently, this phenomenon has not been considered a serious issue in Iranian society and the continuation of similar thought patterns through the generations has prevented the emergence of distance and variou...

Arbitrage in Combinatorial Exchanges

Combinatorial exchanges are trading mechanisms that allow agents to specify preferences over bundles of goods. When agents’ preferences exhibit complementarity and/or substitutability, this additional expressiveness can lead to more efficient allocations than is possible using traditional exchanges. In the context of combinatorial exchanges, this paper examines arbitrage, a risk-free profit opp...