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The rising role of intra- and intergenerational transfers (e.g. basic income, child benefit and public pensions) characterises modern economies, yet most models depicting these transfers are too sophisticated for a wider but mathematically trained audience. This book presents simple models to...

The decision of whether and how much to borrow from the credit market in order to finance education costs depends crucially on parental investment in education. This study constructs a simple two-period overlapping generations model incorporating both educational investment from parents and...