Three Generations Under One Roof?: A Study of Interhousehold Transfers Among Sandwich Generation in Indonesia

Authors

Vianey Weda Rahesti, Magister Program in Population and Labor Economics, Universitas Indonesia, IndonesiaFollow
I Dewa Gede Karma Wisana, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, IndonesiaFollow

Abstract

Empirical studies show some negative effects that arise in sandwich generation households. Even the negative impact of the sandwich generation raises the behavior that they want to leave the house. However, the empirical studies only measure sandwich generation if the parents live in the households, so it is necessary to recalculate sandwich generation households in Indonesia through an interhousehold transfer mechanism. This study examines interhousehold transfer differences among sandwich-generation households between parents, siblings, and others in Indonesia. Using the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) 2014, this study found that 4.539 or 28,6 percent of households are classified as the sandwich generation, both if the elderly live in the household and the elderly do not live in the household. Tobit regression analysis shows that non-one-roof sandwich generation households spend an interhousehold transfer 56,4 percent higher than one-roof sandwich generation households.

First Page

17

Last Page

30

Recommended Citation

Rahesti, Vianey Weda and Wisana, I Dewa Gede Karma (2025) "Three Generations Under One Roof?: A Study of Interhousehold Transfers Among Sandwich Generation in Indonesia," Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan: Vol. 17: No. 1, Article 9.
Available at: https://citeus.um.ac.id/jesp/vol17/iss1/9