Most models of family transfers consider only two generations and focus on two motives: altruism and exchange. They … transfers, such as strategic altruism, models with endogenous heterogeneous behavioral regimes (Becker, Cigno), and especially … (against altruism) with small compensatory effects of transfers both between and within generations, and (against exchange …

Altruism, giving and pro-social conduct, and reciprocity, are the basis of the existence and performance of societies … (which they sometimes also create); and in charity and specific organizations. Altruism has various origins: it can be … hedonistic or natural altruism in empathy, affection, sympathy, emotional contagion, pity, and compassion; or normative altruism …

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 …

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 …

. 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 …