inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture). After controlling for economic, institutional, religious, and cultural factors … in upper primary schools being associated with nuclear residential habits and equal partition of inheritance. The effect …

, the recipients’ eligibility to other transfer programmes, and the existence of new heirs (children) in the family chain. …

amount which results from the "premature" death of parents. Altruistic parents can also invest in their children’s education …

The issue of the nature of the altruism inherent in blood donation and the perverse effects of financial rewards for …

We study exchanges between three overlapping generations with non-dynastic altruism. The middleaged choose informal … 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 …

reinforcing role of altruism and mission alignment in sorting to the public sector, particularly among highly educated workers and …

We examine differences in altruism and laziness between public sector employees and private sector employees. Our … theoretical model predicts that the likelihood of public sector employment increases with a worker’s altruism, and increases or … decreases with a worker’s laziness depending on his altruism. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we find …

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 …

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 …