in the cross section or in the analysis using siblings that parental income or wealth raises time transfers from children …

may not otherwise be available. Within the family there is a degree of trust and a level of information which alleviates … families can provide insurance against uncertain dates of death. Death risk sharing family arrangements effectively constitute … in annuities, these risk sharing arrangements provide powerful economic incentives for marriage and family formation. The …

This paper examines U.S. family exchange and support, its levels and trends. The paper points out the importance of … demographics and geographic mobility in affecting the amount and form of family exchange. It then considers family economic … family altruism and risk sharing. The paper paints a very pessimistic picture. Demographic, geographic, and economic …

This paper examines the bequest\gift behavior of altruistic parents who do not know their children's abilities and … cannot observe their children's work effort. Parents are likely to respond to this information problem by making larger … bequests to higher earning children and by using their transfers implicitly either to tax at the margin low earning children or …

Perhaps no single statistic raises more concern about post War changes in the U.S. family than the proportion of the …, however, considered the incomes and preferences of the children of the elderly. This paper presents a model of the joint … living arrangement choice of parents and children. It then uses a new set of data to consider how the preferences and income …

This paper uses matched data on the elderly and their children to study the provision of time by children to the …, and the children's age, health, and sex. Older parents, less healthy parents, and non-institutionalized parents receive … more time from their children, while younger children, healthier children, and female children provide more time. In …

's treatment of children vis-a-vis adults, particularly the current elderly. The paper begins by showing that poverty rates of … children have, over the past two decades, risen dramatically while those of the elderly have fallen. Next, it shows that, over …, including children. The paper then turns to the role of government policy in influencing these trends. It documents the high …