Research Fellow
Centre for Ageing Research and Education, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
Jeremy Lim’s research focuses on the social lives of older adults and intergenerational relationships. In his PhD thesis, he studied how social participation changes through late-life transitions, specifically widowhood and retirement. Using data on Korean older adults, he found that widows are more likely to increase their interaction with children, friends and formal groups after losing their spouse, suggesting that they are not passive “victims” of circumstance but take proactive steps to build new social networks. However, retirees were more likely to experience declines in social interaction, especially male retirees, pointing to their dependence on work-related social networks. On the other hand, retirees who returned to work or engaged in “bridge employment” had more positive trajectories of social participation, underscoring the importance of work in our lives.
Jeremy’s other research projects include:
(1) A study on how intergenerational relationships are influenced by gender norms in Asian countries, leading to differences in contact with parents and inheritance allocations between sons and daughters, and by birth order.
(2) A study on how young Singaporean families are adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic over time, by tracking their family relationships, wellbeing, housing situation, and fertility intentions.
(3) A longitudinal study of older Singaporeans and their family members that aims to understand caregiving from the perspective of both caregivers and care recipients, and to track changes in caregiving-related outcomes over time.
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Saturday, November 5, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
Saturday, November 5, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
Saturday, November 5, 2022
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET