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

. Tests usually conclude that the income pooling predicted by pure altruism is not observed, but family transfers are also far … mechanisms. Firstly, in the so-called pure altruism model, the parent's utility is augmented by the utility of his child. This … transfer. In a second model, altruism is impure as the parents want the child to behave in a certain way: exchange and …

This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic … analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent … voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory concentrates on lump-sum voluntary transfers, individual or collective …

childcare. Family valuation does not matter in any of the dimensions. It is puzzling that being a female by itself does not …

. In some contexts, these two forms of relatedness interact. Caring about others can conveniently be labeled altruism … deprivation. I provide examples of domains in which the incorporation of altruism and relative deprivation can point to novel … consideration of relative deprivation can substitute for the prevalence of altruism, and vice versa. I conclude that this is a …

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

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