altruism. A fall in the population growth rate, even to negative values, will imply a reduction of the interest rate and an …

the degrees of filial and parental altruism and adjust them with their respective life expectancy and fertility rates. The … altruism than those in the other countries. Our welfare analyses reveal that the developing Asian countries must introduce more … filial altruism will trap the developing Asian countries at the current low levels of public old-age supports and social …

This paper discusses three alternative assumptions concerning household preferences (altruism, self-interest, and a …

prevalence of bequests, bequest motives, tests of altruism, and the importance of borrowing (liquidity) constraints and show that …

that their caregiving behavior is also heavily influenced by the strength of their altruism toward their parents and social …

-cycle model as well as saving motives that are consistent with the altruism model are important in Europe implies that the two … suggests that this model is far more applicable in Europe than is the altruism model. Moreover, our finding that the … intergenerational transfers motive, which is the saving motive that most exemplifies the altruism model, accounts for only about one …

renegotiation-proof. Second, it introduces parental altruism. The behavioural and policy implications are illustrated by showing the … effects of public pensions and credit rationing. These implications are not much affected by whether altruism is assumed or … ; renegotiation-proofness ; altruism ; fertility ; saving ; transfers ; attention ; pensions ; credit rationing …