intergenerational solidarity
in-ter-jen-er-AY-shun-ul suh-lid-AIR-ih-tee
ˌɪntərdʒɛnəˈreɪʃənəl səˈlɪdærɪtiːListen
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the bonds of mutual support, obligation, and shared purpose between different age groups in families, communities, and societies, and a normative principle holding that younger and older generations have legitimate claims on each other's support and that the wellbeing of each generation is connected to the wellbeing of others across the lifespan; in family contexts intergenerational solidarity encompasses the care that adult children provide to aging parents and the care that grandparents provide to grandchildren, the transmission of values and cultural knowledge across generations, and the financial and practical support that flows in multiple directions within multigenerational households; in societal contexts it describes the social contract underlying pension systems — where working-age populations fund the retirement income of the elderly — as well as education systems where older taxpayers fund the schooling of children who are not their own; political debates about intergenerational equity increasingly question whether current arrangements fairly distribute resources between generations
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