This paper studies public provision of long term care insurance in a world in which family assistance is (i) uncertain and (ii) endogenous depending on the time parents spend raising their children. Public benefits will be paid in case of disability but cannot be combined with self-insurance or...

One of the pervasive problems with means-tested public long term care (LTC) programs is their inability to prevent individuals who could a¤ord private long term services from taking advantage of public care. They often manage to elude the means-test net through strategic impoverishment. We show...

[eng] Models of Inheritance and Their Implications, . by André Masson, Pierre Pestieau.. . The purpose of this paper is twofold. Firstly, it provides a taxonomy of the principal models of inheritance known to economists, setting forth the usual distinction between intentional and unintentional...

[spa] Formas de herencia en el debate macroeconómico contemporáneo, . por Pierre Pestieau.. . En este artículo se muestra cómo se integran los diferentes tipos de herencia - accidentales, altruistas, paternas y estratégicas - en el debate relativo a la neutralidad de las políticas...

[eng] Three Points of View on Inheritance: Family, Property and State, . by Denis Kessler, André Masson, Pierre Pestieau.. . This introductory article offers three complementary views on inheritance, in connection with three institutions: the family as a network of intergenerational...

[fre] Les legs volontaires en France : évaluation et explication, . par Sergio Perelman, Pierre Pestieau.. . Cet article se propose d'évaluer l'importance des legs volontaires sur la base d'une enquête de l'Insee sur la structure des actifs financiers de 5 600 ménages. Cette mesure est alors...

[eng] Tests for Models of Inheritance: A Critical Inventory, . by André Masson, Pierre Pestieau.. . In order to assess the empirical relevance of a number of bequest models to be found in economic literature, this article presents an overview of the predominantly Anglo-Saxon tests conducted on...

In this paper, we assume that contributing to a charitable organisation (CO) brings some “joy of giving” (or “warm glow”) only if the organisation’s ideological values are close to those of the donor. We also assume that creating a CO entails set-up costs. Thus more CO generates more...

This study examines the level of public investment in environmental quality when there are private alternatives. Public investment is chosen by majority voting. When consumption and environmental quality are complementary, one may observe a solution of the type “ends against the middle.” The...

Under income-differentiated mortality, poverty measures reflect not only the “true” poverty, but, also, the interferences or noise caused by the survival process at work. Such interferences lead to the Mortality Paradox: the worse the survival conditions of the poor are, the lower the...