We develop the implications of borrowing constraints and two-sided altruism in an overlapping generations framework … constraints bind and whether or not parent and child are connected by an operative altruism motive at all points in the life cycle …

.g., discounting, risk aversion and altruism) and most cultural traits, social norms, and ideological tenets ( e.g., attitudes towards …

To understand the "pure" incentives of altruism, economic laboratory research on humans almost always forbids … communication between subjects. In reality, however, altruism usually requires interaction between givers and receivers, which … altruism are built on human sociality. We experimentally examine communication in which one subject allocates $10 between …

awareness of the empathy-altruism link, rather than pernicious social costs of fundraising …