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We integrate a social norm which associates status to accumulation of capital and consumption into a simple model of endogenous growth. We show that societies which place a greater weight of cultural values on stock of accumulated capital as opposed to consumption will experience fast growth....
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We consider a model that extends the scope of social preferences of the families of the migrants. This extension allows us to show that if some poor families receive remittances and social culture affects the composition of their consumption, then in presence of strong social inequality, poor...
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We integrate a general social norm function which associates status to accumulation of capital and consumption into a very simple model of endogenous growth. We show that societies which place a greater cultural weight on capital as opposed to consumption preferences will experience fast growth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109831
We integrate a general social norm function which associates status to accumulation of capital and consumption into a simple model of endogenous growth. We show that societies which place a greater weight on capital as opposed to consumption will experience fast growth.Our results are consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113584
In this paper we present a model of economic growth where agents are characterized by social status concern behaviour. With respect to the literature, we show that social status seeking is not always desirable for economic growth. Specially, we prove that the impact of status seeking on growth...
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In this paper, we examine how children care for their elderly parents and the motives of these family transfers …, accounting for interactions between parents and their different children. We study a theoretical model of intergenerational … transfers based on altruism, where siblings care for their parents (a public good). Decisions of upstream assistance are …
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This study re-examines the causal relations between money and the two variables, i.e., income and prices. Using annual … causal relations between real money and real income, between nominal money and nominal income, and between nominal money and … prices. The analysis indicates, in general, the long run relationship among money, income, and prices. The analysis further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835538
This study re-examines the causal relations between money and the two variables, i.e., income and prices. Using annual … causal relations between real money and real income, between nominal money and nominal income, and between nominal money and … prices. The analysis indicates, in general, the long run relationship among money, income, and prices. The analysis further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619787
the price hikes in the early 1970s. We investigate the casual relations between real money and real income, between … nominal money and nominal income, and between nominal money and prices using using the annual data set from 1959-60 to 2003 … case of income, the study finds the feed back mechanism of money, which is generally missing in the earlier studies …
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In this paper, we examine the old-age security hypothesis according to which parents rear children because they expect …, children are usually viewed as a potential source of income and as a time-related support in old age. However, investing in … precautionary motive for the demand for children so that fertility of prudent parents is expected to increase. …
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