Scientific Presentations
LabTalks@DCD
Department of Digital and Computational Demography
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock, Germany, July 23, 2025
11:00 PM: Talk with Jeremy Lim-Soh - Sibling Inequalities in Intergenerational Exchanges: Advancing Within-Family Approaches in Asia
Room 400
Abstract
Most research on intergenerational exchanges compares between families; there is less attention to inequalities within families due to data and methodological challenges. In this presentation, I will introduce Within-Family Differences research covering three main themes:
- Discussing the state of the art of Within-Family Differences research in Western contexts, especially the United States, and key learning points from this exciting field.
- Demonstrating how I adapted Within-Family Differences approaches to Asian contexts, focusing on South Korea, including both methodological and theoretical innovations that address Confucian patrilineality and other cultural legacies.
- Outline novel future directions for research on Asian populations, covering practices of filial piety, the role of housing policy and proximity, and dyadic comparison between grandfathers’ and grandmothers’ exchanges with future generations.
About
Jeremy Lim-Soh is a Research Fellow at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. He studies the health and social aspects of ageing, with a focus on intergenerational exchanges (grandparenting and caregiving) and late-life transitions (retirement and widowhood). He is the Principal Investigator of Grandparenting and Caregiving Exchanges in Sandwiched Families (GRACES), an upcoming study funded by the Ministry of Family and Social Development. He is also involved in a longitudinal study of older Singaporeans and their family members (TraCE) that aims to understand caregiving from the perspective of both caregivers and care recipients, and to track changes in caregiving-related outcomes over time. Jeremy holds a PhD in Public Policy from the National University of Singapore and a Master of International Studies from Seoul National University.
https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/directory/detail/lim-wei-zhong-jeremy
Online Seminar Talk, July, 23rd from 11:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Rostock time)