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However, as urbanization and migration affect the feasibility of traditional intergenerational support arrangements, incentive-based mechanisms may play an important role in shaping intergenerational support. Against this backdrop, this paper examines whether residential proximity to parents is associated with ownership of parental household assets.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We use data from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) and a conditional fixed-effects logit model to compare siblings within the same family with respect to proximity to their parents and their ownership of parental household property.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We find that adult children co-residing with their parents are more likely than their siblings residing elsewhere to be reported as owners of parental household property. 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