Drawing on five cross-sections of the French Housing Survey, this paper examines theeffects on co-residence with their parents of the extension of housing allowances tostudents that took place between 1991 and 1993. Two effects are found. First housingallowances provide an increased opportunity...

The influence of parental income on the choice of young adults to leave the parents'home is still an open question. This paper suggests a model in which either moreparental income increases the independent child's consumption and encourages leaving(standard altruism) or increases more his...

The number of widows has been increasing with population ageing and their influenceon the housing market is getting larger. This paper investigates the effect of widowhoodon housing and location choices. A partner's death induces a decrease in incomewhich may lead to downsizing. Widowhood may...

Being retired goes with more frequent participation in some social activities such as volunteering or going to a club. It also goes with an increase in the intensity of participation. To conclude about a causal effect of retirement we use the longitudinal SHARE data and an IV strategy. Indeed we...

As of November 2021, all former Communist countries from Central and Eastern Europe exhibit lower vaccination rates than Western European countries. Can institutional inheritance explain, at least in part, this heterogeneity in vaccination decisions across Europe? To study this question we...

French couples may choose between two types of marriage settlements governing asset ownership after a divorce or inheritance: common property or separate property. A cooperative model considers the marriage contract as a means of providing for widowhood of the less endowed spouse. A second model...