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Altruism, Intergenerational Transfers of Time and Bequests
CARDIA, Emanuela; MICHEL, Philippe - Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de … - 2003
capital is an increasing function of the intergenerational degree of altruism. However, while with time transfers the labor … supply of the young increases with the degree of altruism, with bequests it may decrease …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005353313
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Job insecurity and youth emancipation: a theoretical approach
Becker, Sascha O.; Bentolila, Samuel; Fernandes, Ana; … - 2005
choice. The analysis identifies altruism as the source of ambiguity in the results. If parents are selfish or the joint …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267352
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The economic research potentials of the German Socio-Economic Panel study
Schröder, Carsten; König, Johannes; Fedorets, Alexandra; … - In: German Economic Review 21 (2020) 3, pp. 335-371
We provide a concise introduction to a household-panel data infrastructure that provides the international research community with longitudinal data of private households in Germany since 1984: the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). We demonstrate the comparative strength of the SOEP data in...
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Are Americans Prepared for Retirement?
Yuh, Yoonkyung - 2011
This study estimates the adequacy of retirement wealth of pre-retirement households using a 1995 national sample of households. Retirement wealth is projected using planned retirement age and portfolio allocation. Retirement needs are estimated from expenditure functions, and 52% of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012757402
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How Important are Intergenerational Transfers of Time? A Macroeconomic Analysis
Cardia, Emanuela; Ng, Serena - Department of Economics, Boston College - 1997
This paper examines the implications of intergenerational transfers of time and money for labor supply and capital accumulation. Although intergenerational transfers of time in the form of grandparenting are as substantial as monetary transfers in the data, little is known about the role and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005074121
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Are Americans and Indians more altruistic than the Japanese and Chinese? : evidence from a new international survey of bequest plans
Horioka, Charles - 2014
This paper discusses three alternative assumptions concerning household preferences (altruism, self-interest, and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354604
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Why do people leave bequests? : for love or self-interest?
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2014
that there are large inter-country differences in the degree of selfishness and altruism, with the Japanese and Chinese … religiosity appear to be the main cause of inter-country differences in the degree of selfishness and altruism. …
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When is a life worth living? : a dynastic efficiency criterion for fertility decisions
Collignon, Pierre-Edouard - 2021
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Does the selfish life-cycle model apply in the case of Japan?
Horioka, Charles - 2020
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Does the selfish life-cycle model apply in the case of Japan?
Horioka, Charles - 2020
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