Glaser, Karen F.Albertini, MarcoArpino, BrunoTomassini, Cecilia2023-05-102023-05-102022Glaser KF, Albertini M, Arpino B, Tomassini C. Italian grandparenthood within the European context: an introduction. Genus. 2022;78:31. DOI: 10.1186/s41118-022-00179-12035-5556http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56760This thematic collection seeks to reflect and push forward the current state of the art in the study of grandparenthood and grandparenting in Italy in a comparative European perspective. Starting from the demography of grandparenthood, intergenerational transfers, contacts and living proximity between grandparents, parents and children and the characteristics of such exchanges are analysed. Furthermore, the consequences of grandparenting and especially of grandchild care provision in terms of fertility behaviour and work participation and well-being are investigated. The research articles aim to shed light on the complexity of factors which shape the effects of grandparents’ availability and the behaviour and well-being of each of the three generations involved.application/pdfeng© The Author(s) 2022. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Avis i néts -- Itàliainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41118-022-00179-1info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess