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

We study a growth model with two types of agents who are heterogeneous in their degree of family altruism. We prove … that every equilibrium path converges to a unique steady state, and study the effect of altruism on the properties of … steady-state equilibrium. We show that aggregate income is positively related to both level of altruism and altruism …

to transfers of gifts inter vivos. We suggest that the equal division motive competes with traditional altruism: support … income compensation should be stronger in one-child families and we expect the altruism motive to dominate the equal division …, which also support the equal division motive. -- Inter vivos gifts ; equal divisions altruism ; sibling comparisons …

In this paper, we examine and compare the impact of cultural differences on intergenerational altruism in Turkish …