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 …

that it is not of dominant importance even in Japan, and conversely, that the altruism model is far more applicable in the …

. I show that, even if the degree of altruism is small, direct democracy leads to commercial policies that are biased …

intergenerational altruism. Thus, immigrants may be self-selected on fertility. Soviet Jews who migrate to Israel despite high migration …. Selection on altruism can explain why historically immigrant-absorbing countries like the U.S. have higher fertility than other …. Selection on altruism also implies that immigrant-absorbing regions will grow faster, or have higher per capita income, or both …