Intergenerational Mobility, Human Capital Transmission and the Earnings of Second-Generation Immigrants in Sweden We compare the intergenerational earnings mobility of immigrants with natives in Sweden. We find an overall convergence in average earnings between immigrants and natives. This convergence hides a divergence in average earnings between groups of immigrants with different ethnic orig...

Individuals are frequently asked to make sacrifices in an attempt to produce benefits for future generations. Such decisions are referred to as intergenerational dilemmas. Previous research on intergenerational dilemmas has shown that situational manipulation of factors such as the delay between sacrifice and benefits and the perceived similarity with future others modulate intergenerational pr...

Based on interviews with 120 adult only children and their parents in urban Tianjin, this article shows how grandparenting becomes a crucial site for the intergenerational negotiation around childcare, family obligations, unfulfilled aspirations individualisation. While child couples rely heavily lot of tensions are involved process. Although grandparents do not always willingly embrace heavy b...