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Jellal, Mohamed; Rajhi, Taoufik - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

In this paper we present a model of economic growth where agents are characterized by social status concern behaviour. With respect to the literature, we show that social status seeking is not always desirable for economic growth. Specially, we prove that the impact of status seeking on growth...

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Croissance et statut social

Jellal, Mohamed; Rajhi, Taoufik - In: Revue d'économie politique 113 (2003) 1, pp. 87-103

In this paper, we present a model of growth where agents are characterized by social status behaviour. With respect to the literature, we show that social status seeking is not always desirable for economic growth. Specially, we prove that the impact of status seeking on growth is positive only...

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Diaspora transferts statut social et inégalité

Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

We consider a model that extends the scope of social preferences of the families of the migrants. This extension allows us to show that if some poor families receive remittances and social culture affects the composition of their consumption, then in presence of strong social inequality, poor...

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Culture values and economic growth

Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

We integrate a general social norm function which associates status to accumulation of capital and consumption into a very simple model of endogenous growth. We show that societies which place a greater cultural weight on capital as opposed to consumption preferences will experience fast growth....

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Beliefs incentives and economic growth

Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

We integrate a general social norm function which associates status to accumulation of capital and consumption into a simple model of endogenous growth. We show that societies which place a greater weight on capital as opposed to consumption will experience fast growth.Our results are consistent...

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Culture Values Entrepreneurship and Growth

Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

We integrate a social norm which associates status to accumulation of capital and consumption into a simple model of endogenous growth. We show that societies which place a greater weight of cultural values on stock of accumulated capital as opposed to consumption will experience fast growth....

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Aides aux parents âgés et allocation intra-familiale

Jellal, Mohamed; wolff, François charles - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

In this paper, we examine how children care for their elderly parents and the motives of these family transfers …, accounting for interactions between parents and their different children. We study a theoretical model of intergenerational … transfers based on altruism, where siblings care for their parents (a public good). Decisions of upstream assistance are …

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Insecure old-age security

Jellal, Mohamed; wolff, François charles - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

In this paper, we examine the old-age security hypothesis according to which parents rear children because they expect …, children are usually viewed as a potential source of income and as a time-related support in old age. However, investing in … precautionary motive for the demand for children so that fertility of prudent parents is expected to increase. …

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