AEA Papers and Proceedings
ISSN 2574-0768 (Print) | ISSN 2574-0776 (Online)
Child-to-Parent Intergenerational Transfers, Social Security, and Child Wealth Building
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 112,
May 2022
(pp. 53–57)
Abstract
I study the relationship among child-to-parent transfers, parents' social security eligibility, and child wealth building. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and a regression discontinuity approach, I find that the wealth of adult children increases discontinuously at the parents' Social Security eligibility age for Black, female, and low-income groups. Additionally, the probability that a parent receives monetary transfers decreases discontinuously at the Social Security age for these groups. The effects were not statistically significant for counterpart groups. These findings suggest that by reducing the reliance of parents on their adult children, Social Security may contribute to wealth building among economically disadvantaged households.Citation
Smythe, Andria. 2022. "Child-to-Parent Intergenerational Transfers, Social Security, and Child Wealth Building." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 112: 53–57. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20221018Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- G51 Household Finance: Household Saving, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
- H55 Social Security and Public Pensions
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination