IS THE EXTENDED FAMILY ALTRUISTICALLY LINKED - DIRECT TESTS USING MICRO DATA

被引:10
作者
ALTONJI, JG
HAYASHI, F
KOTLIKOFF, LJ
机构
[1] NORTHWESTERN UNIV,CTR URBAN AFFAIRS POLICY RES,EVANSTON,IL 60208
[2] UNIV PENN,SCH MED,DEPT ECON,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
[3] NBER,CAMBRIDGE,MA
[4] BOSTON UNIV,DEPT ECON,BOSTON,MA 02215
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This paper uses Panel Study of Income Dynamics data on parents and their adult children to test the standard altruism model. This model predicts that, within the extended family, the distribution of consumption is independent of the distribution of resources. Our findings strongly reject this prediction.
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页码:1177 / 1198
页数:22
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