The intersection of the standard altruism hypothesis with the quite strong evidence that bequests tend to be equal … implication. It has therefore been inferred that the motive underlying inter-vivos transfers is not parental altruism. In this … the child whose earnings are higher. We show that rather than being orthogonal to parental altruism, counter …

takes an evolutionary approach to the family. We show that this literature provides valuable guidance for modeling the … effects of age, sex and relatedness in the interactions among extended family members. The evolutionary literature has much to … offer economists interested in family behavior by proposing novel interpretations of existing findings and pointing out new …

. This paper examines the determination of precautionary saving when people have access to intra-family risk sharing. I show … that, with uncertain future income, altruism per se can induce time consistent, however, not necessarily ex ante efficient … one. Also welfare and savings effects from social insurance turn out to be sensitive to assumptions about family structure …

We present and test the idea that bequest planning is linked with the experience of inheriting. We consider "a family …