caa a22 4500 60545101X CHVBK 20210128100149.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10433-014-0330-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10433-014-0330-z Bequest motives of older people in rural China: from the perspective of intergenerational support [Elektronische Daten] [Quanbao Jiang, Xiaomin Li, Marcus Feldman] China, a society long characterized by traditional Confucianism and the practice of filial piety, is undergoing dramatic socioeconomic development and erosion of traditions. In this rapidly changing context, the motives behind rural parental bequests have not been well studied. This paper draws on a survey conducted in rural Anhui province of China and uses hierarchical linear models to examine whether three kinds of support from children are associated with older parents' bequest motives. We find that while instrumental support accords with an exchange model of motivation, financial transfer is consistent with an altruistic motivation for parental bequest plans. Offspring gender is strongly associated with parental planning of bequests; family division is a strong correlate of parents' bequest plan and reflects exchange motivation. These findings have important implications for research on traditional culture and an evolving social security system. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Financial support nationallicence Instrumental support nationallicence Emotional support nationallicence Family division nationallicence Filial piety nationallicence Gender nationallicence Jiang Quanbao Institute for Population and Development Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China aut Li Xiaomin Institute for Population and Development Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China aut Feldman Marcus Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut European Journal of Ageing Springer Netherlands 12/2(2015-06-01), 141-151 1613-9372 12:2<141 2015 12 10433 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-014-0330-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-014-0330-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jiang Quanbao Institute for Population and Development Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li Xiaomin Institute for Population and Development Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Feldman Marcus Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Ageing Springer Netherlands 12/2(2015-06-01), 141-151 1613-9372 12:2<141 2015 12 10433