contrast to the Life Cycle and Keynesian models, the altruism model implies that the extended family is the basic economic … decision-making unit. According to this model the extended family is linked through altruism and, as a result, acts as if it … fully shares resources. In the altruism model nondistortionary changes in the distribution of resources across households …

noncooperative altruism models. This feature is that noninterior strategic postures underlie interior transfer behavior and that …