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Care and inheritance: Japanese and English perspectives on the 'generational contract'
- Author:
- IZUHARA Misa
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 22(1), January 2002, pp.61-77.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Explores the changing nature and patterns of the 'generational contract', with particular reference to the exchange of nursing care housing assets between older parents and their adult children. Inheritance practices and attitudes are used to examine the ways in which socio-economic, demographic and policy changes have recently altered the conventional arrangements in Japanese society. The previously defined 'generational contract' is now ambiguous, and the expectations and obligations of different family members are fragmented. This article also discusses whether such practices in Japan are unique and the ways in which they differ from the English situation. Looks at the similarities and differences in the patterns of inheritance and thus the exchange models between care and inheritance in the two societies.
Housing, care and inheritance
- Author:
- IZUHARA Misa
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 156p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Housing issues surrounding the ageing society are of increasing concern to many mature economies. Drawn from a two-part study funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council, the author explores the myths and the changing patterns of long-term care and housing assets as they apply to the relationships between older parents and their adult children in Britain and Japan. The book addresses such questions as: If an adult child provides care for their elderly parent, should they be rewarded? If so, should they inherit their parent’s house or a larger share of the assets? Because the ‘generational contract’ is often influenced by cultural norms, family traditions, social policy and housing markets it is negotiated differently in different societies and at different times. It is suggested that these “generational contracts” are breaking down as a result of socio-economic and demographic changes. Subjects discussed include: intergenerational reciprocity and cultural practice; housing assets and intergenerational transfer in a global context; long term care and the shifting of the state-family boundaries; accumulation of housing wealth and family relations; plans for disposal of assets; and rethinking the ‘generational contact’ between housing, care and inheritance.
Negotiating family support?: the ‘generational contract’ between long-term care and inheritance
- Author:
- IZUHARA Misa
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 33(4), October 2004, pp.649-665.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Using qualitative interviews with 54 older people, this article explores the changing patterns of the ‘generational contract’ in contemporary Britain and Japan. In particular, this article presents a cross-national comparison concerning the exchange of housing assets and long-term care between older parents and their adult children in the context of different laws, cultures, social policy and housing markets. The concepts of intergenerational solidarity, reciprocity and ambivalence were used to aid the analysis of the household data. The research found there were significant cross-national differences in areas such as autonomy and decision-making process regarding bequests, and choice of beneficiaries. In both societies, however, no strong link was found between bequest motives and family support for long-term care. The model of intergenerational solidarity (willingness to help children) thus appeared to override the reciprocal dimension of the ‘generational contract’.