This chapter tries to analyze to what extent Becker's models from A Treatise on the Family comprise the male bias and … the narrow context in which A Treatise on the Family emerged. I will cover both the economic theories that rival with …

We study exchanges between three overlapping generations with non-dynastic altruism. The middleaged choose informal …

Using the inclusive fitness framework (Hamilton, 1964), this paper models family firms. The structure on altruism …. Family firm founders are always more altruistic toward related managers than their direct descendants, leading to …

interpreted to mean that any other type of gift is evidence of paternal altruism. However, it is known (Linbeck and Weibull (1998 …)) that altruism creates an incentive for inefficient consumption in a multi-period model. Working within this context, I …

We study exchanges between three overlapping generations with non-dynastic altruism. The middleaged choose informal …

.g., discounting, risk aversion and altruism) and most cultural traits, social norms, and ideological tenets ( e.g., attitudes towards … family and fertility practices, and attitudes in the job market). It is, however, the pervasive evidence of the resilience of …