This paper deals with social acceptance of applying the equity principle for intra-familial time transfers. Based on a representative survey among German citizens, the author provides empirical evidence on acceptance of financial compensation for different time transfers. Some 80% of the...

We model the allocation of time resources by adult children between competing caring activities - those towards co-residing elderly and those towards co-residing children. We test the implications of our model for children’s school performance by focusing on Indonesia, a country characterized...

In a spatial competition setting there is usually a non-negative relationship between competition and quality. In this paper we offer a novel mechanism whereby competition leads to lower quality. This mechanism relies on two key assumptions, namely that the providers are motivated and...