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Parental altruism under imperfect information: Theory and evidence

Villanueva, Ernesto - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2002

Can we reconcile the predictions of the altruism model of the family with the evidence on intervivos transfers in the … US? This paper expands the altruism model by introducing e ?ort of the child and by relaxing the assumption of perfect … information of the parent about the labor market opportunities of the child. First, I solve and simulate a model of altruism under …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772520

Altruism, Labor Supply and Redistributive Neutrality

Fernandes, Ana - 2008

This paper presents a model of familial altruism in which labor supply is chosen endogenously. The model is used to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014165377

Reluctant Recyclers : Social Interaction in Responsibility Ascription

Brekke, Kjell Arne; Kipperberg, Gorm; Nyborg, Karine - 2008

Duty-orientation implies a warm glow of giving as well as a cold shiver of not giving enough. If duty-oriented consumers learn their moral responsibility by observing others' behavior, social interaction in contribution behavior arises. However, since moral responsibility is a burden,...

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Raising children to work hard : altruism, work norms and social insurance

Lindbeck, Assar; Nyberg, Sten - 2001

, parental altruism makes withdrawal of such support non-credible. To promote work effort, parents may want to instill norms …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398913

Financing from family and friends

Lee, Samuel; Persson, Petra - 2012

loans ; social ties ; altruism ; peer-to-peer lending ; small business ; entrepreneurial finance ; microfinance ; missing …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009737925

The Magnitude and Correlates of Inter-vivos Transfers in the UK

Karagiannaki, Eleni - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2011

This paper uses data from the British Household Panel Survey and the Attitudes to Inheritances Survey to estimate the magnitude of and the factors that are correlated with private inter-household transfers from parents to their adult children in the UK. Our evidence suggests that inter vivos...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201235

Raising Children to Work Hard: Altruism, Work Norms and Social Insurance

Lindbeck, Assar; Nyberg, Sten - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet - 2001

, parental altruism makes withdrawal of such support non-credible. To promote work effort, parents may want to instill norms …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419576

The magnitude and correlates of inter-vivos transfers in the UK

Karagiannaki, Eleni - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071119

Financing from Family and Friends

Lee, Samuel; Persson, Petra - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

The constraint on informal finance is commonly taken to be high costs and limited supply. But the majority of informal investors – family and friends – is often willing to supply funds at negative returns, and yet many borrowers tap family and friends only as a last resort. We explain this...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010581013

The division of parental transfers in Europe

Angulo, Javier Olivera - Geary Institute, University College Dublin - 2012

In this paper we explore the patterns of the division of inter-vivos financial transfers from parents to adult children in a sample of 12 European countries. We exploit two waves of the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) for 50+. Contrary to previous studies, we find a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575433

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