Shaping intergenerational relationships the demonstration effect

According to the demonstration effect theory, parents make intergenerational transfers to their elders in order to elicit a symmetric future behavior from their children. In this paper we show that upstream transfers are expected to increase with low returns from alternative financial assets and with the donor’s life expectancy. The latter effect creates a greater incentive for daughters to care for parents.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Jellal, Mohamed ; wolff, François charles

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Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Jellal, Mohamed and wolff, François charles (2000): Shaping intergenerational relationships the demonstration effect. Published in: Economics Letters , Vol. 68 (2
Classification:	D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics
Source:	BASE

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