We present a new comprehensive and consistent set of public transfer accounts disaggregated by age and by major government programs that spans from 1950 to 2020. Based on these public transfer accounts, we find that except for some programs, particularly social health insurance and old-age...

This paper examines the implications of family size heterogeneity for Ricardian households and employs survey data to determine whether or not individual household preferences towards taxation conform to the Ricardian model. Using a dynastic model of intergenerational linkages, we show that the...

Altruism, giving and pro-social conduct, and reciprocity, are the basis of the existence and performance of societies, through their various occurrences: in families; among the diverse motives of the political and public sector; as the general respect and moral conduct which permit life in...