We study how the prevailing internal organization of the family affected the initial design of pension systems. Our … theoretical framework predicts that, in society with weak family ties, pensions systems were introduced to act as a safety net … a historical classification of family ties, we show that in societies dominated by (weak ties) absolute nuclear families …

We study how the prevailing internal organization of the family affected the initial design of pension systems. Our … theoretical framework predicts that, in society with weak family ties, pensions systems were introduced to act as a safety net … a historical classification of family ties, we show that in societies dominated by (weak ties) absolute nuclear families …

We study how family culture affected the initial welfare state design. Our theoretical framework shows that pre … is embedded in the family culture that later affected the design of pension systems. Countries with equalitarian … inheritance rules acquired a non-individualistic family culture that induced the adoption of generous Bismarckian pension systems …

We study how the prevailing internal organization of the family affected the initial design of pension systems. Our … theoretical framework predicts that, in society with weak family ties, pensions systems were introduced to act as a safety net … a historical classification of family ties, we show that in societies dominated by (weak ties) absolute nuclear families …

We discuss the two-way link between culture and economic growth. We present a model of endogenous technical change … British Industrial Revolution. We also discuss empirical studies documenting the importance of culture and preference …

in which the capitalism transformed the family from the realm of “Prudence mostly” to “Love mostly.” Rather than … undermining some romanticized vision of family life, capitalism is responsible for humanizing it by opening space for Love. …