Aranda Luis
University of Venice, Cannaregio 873, 30121 Venice, Italy.
Soc Sci Med. 2015 Jun;134:12-22. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.056. Epub 2015 Mar 31.
The Great Recession has brought along a rearrangement of living patterns both in the U.S. and in Europe. This study seeks to identify the consequences of a change in intergenerational coresidence on the depression level of the elderly. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and a difference-in-difference propensity score matching approach, this study finds robust evidence of a positive effect of coresidence on the mental health of the older generation in those European countries historically marked by a Catholic tradition. In contrast with previous literature, the present program evaluation setup accounts for non-random selection bias and heterogeneous treatment effects. Though heterogeneous across Europe, the results highlight that, in a time marked by increasing demographic aging, intergenerational living arrangements can lead to significant improvements in the quality of life of older individuals.
大衰退在美国和欧洲引发了居住模式的重新调整。本研究旨在确定代际同住模式的变化对老年人抑郁水平的影响。利用欧洲健康、老龄化与退休调查（SHARE）的数据以及差分倾向得分匹配法，本研究发现，在那些历史上以天主教传统为特征的欧洲国家，同住对老年一代的心理健康具有积极影响，证据确凿。与以往文献不同，本项目评估设置考虑了非随机选择偏差和异质处理效应。尽管欧洲各地情况各异，但结果表明，在人口老龄化加剧的时代，代际居住安排可显著改善老年人的生活质量。
