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A constitutional theory of the family
Cigno, Alessandro - 2005
The paper re-examines the idea that a family can be viewed as a community governed by a self-enforcing constitution, and extends existing results in two directions. First, it identifies circumstances in which a constitution is renegotiation-proof. Second, it introduces parental altruism. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267482
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A Constitutional Theory of the Family
Cigno, Alessandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The paper re-examines the idea that a family can be viewed as a community governed by a self-enforcing constitution, and extends existing results in two directions. First, it identifies circumstances in which a constitution is renegotiation-proof. Second, it introduces parental altruism. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762141
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Genes, legitimacy and hypergamy: another look at the economics of marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
In order to credibly sell legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271277
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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy: Another Look at the Economics of Marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565196
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Retirement, Intergenerational Time Transfers, and Fertility
Eibich, Peter; Siedler, Thomas - 2020
children's fertility. We use representative panel data from Germany to link observations on parents and adult children. We … retirement affects only the timing of adult children's fertility, without having an effect on total fertility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180186
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Pensions and Fertility: Micro-Economic Evidence
Danzer, Alexander M.; Zyska, Lennard - 2020
This study identifies the causal effect of pension generosity on women's fertility behavior. It capitalizes on Brazil … age by 10% in the short-run. Completed fertility declines by 1.3 children within 20 years after the reform, reducing the … contribution base of the Pay-As-You-Go pension system in the long-run. The fertility response is strongest at higher birth parities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207729
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Pension and the Family
Komura, Mizuki; Ogawa, Hikaru - 2014
The effects of pension policies on fertility have been examined in the overlapping generations (OLG) model of unitary … examines how the pension policy affects the endogenous fertility of a bargaining couple who have different lifespans. The … analysis finds out a new channel of pension policy on fertility decisions: an increase in pension size affects fertility not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421181
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Population ageing and PAYG pensions in the OLG model
Cipriani, Giam Pietro - 2013
generations model. Firstly, we consider a setting with exogenous fertility and then a model with endogenous fertility. In both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291351
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Pension and the Family
Komura, Mizuki; Ogawa, Hikaru - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The effects of pension policies on fertility have been examined in the overlapping generations (OLG) model of unitary … examines how the pension policy affects the endogenous fertility of a bargaining couple who have different lifespans. The … analysis finds out a new channel of pension policy on fertility decisions: an increase in pension size affects fertility not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959782
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Population Ageing and PAYG Pensions in the OLG Model
Cipriani, Giam Pietro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
generations model. Firstly, we consider a setting with exogenous fertility and then a model with endogenous fertility. In both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660257