“linked” by the young spouses. Children contribute part of their time to a household (couple) public good and provide …

wills planning to divide their estates unequally among their children. These plans for unequal division are particularly … concentrated in complex families, that is, families with stepchildren and families with genetic children with whom the parent has … had no contact (e.g., children from previous marriages). We find that in complex families past and current contact between …

Why do people have kids in developed societies? We propose an empirical test of two alternative theories — children as …

care provided to their parents and education expenditures for their children. The young enjoy their education, while the … old may leave a bequest to their children. Within each period the three generations play a “game” inspired by Becker … period and that parents invest in the education of their children. We show that Becker’s rotten kids theorem holds for the …

the structure of the family including the altruism of children affect incidence indexes? How should fiscal shifting of the …How should we construct incidence indexes for children and parents in the case of public subsidies for home-care of the … the calculation of the shifting of program benefits between family members, some of whom may be altruistic, are key issues …