This study analyzes upstream intergenerational transfers from middle-aged children to their elderly parents. We formulate a model in which the middle-aged child transfers both money and time to an elderly parent, based on an altruistic motive. We test the altruistic assumption empirically and...

In the wake of the economic reform programme undertaken since 1991, distributional issues have received considerable attention and policy concern. In pursuit of such concerns, the government has worked out an approach to the Eleventh Five Year Plan, which lays emphasis on, though without...

In 2-OLG model with two types of workers and with Pension Program having PAYGO and funded Defined Contribution (DC) parts the parametric conditions for possibility of Pareto-improvement are established (through the action of certain Piguvian-like tax)

This paper analyses the dynamics of the duration of housing allowance claims in Sweden during the period 1991 to 2002. The central concern in this paper is whether the Swedish housing allowance system creates dependence on welfare. Using longitudinal data from Swedish micro database-LINDA, this...

The paper provides a summary of evidence on the development of poverty in the Czech Republic since 1989. First, the new sources of poverty after 1989 and the new measures introduced to prevent or combat it are described. Second, the relative ease with which it is possible to leave the labour...

Comparative analyses of the treatment of excessive consumer debt are more relevant today than ever before, particularly given the recent overhaul of U.S. consumer bankruptcy and rapid developments in several new European consumer bankruptcy systems. This article is the next in a series designed...

Federal crop insurance began in 1938 as a focused program to correct certain perceived market failures. It has transformed into a massive wealth transfer scheme that is frequently the subject of supposed legislative reforms. Yet each wave of changes has, for the most part, moved the program...

What is the advantage of faith in faith-based poverty-to-work programs? My qualitative, field research sought to determine the key distinctions between faith-based and secular programs by comparing three faith-saturated programs with three secular programs: one run by a reorganized governmental...

Many federal programs in such areas as welfare, housing, and education have as their sole purpose the protection and assistance of the poor. Yet often times inaction by federal officials or misconduct by state administrators result in the wrongful denial to the poor of benefits specifically...

We analyze the intergenerational income mobility of Canadians born to immigrants using the 2001 Census. A detailed portrait of the Canadian population is offered as are estimates of the degree of generational mobility among the children of immigrants from 70 countries. The degree of persistence...