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Barclay, Kieron; Conley, Dalton – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022
Despite growing interest in the potential influence of grandparents on grandchild status attainment, research has not addressed whether the ordinal position or number of grandchildren affects outcomes. We apply sibling- and cousin-fixed effects analyses to Swedish population data to examine how cousin order and cousin group size influence grade…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Birth Order, Grandchildren, Foreign Countries
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Hank, Karsten; Buber, Isabella – Journal of Family Issues, 2009
Introducing findings from the 2004 Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), this research complements the large number of recent U.S. studies on the role of grandparents in caring for their grandchildren. For 10 continental European countries, the authors investigate cross-national variations in grandparent-provided child care…
Descriptors: Retirement, Family Programs, Grandchildren, Grandparents