Romeu, Andrés; Ortín, Ignacio Ortuño - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2003
We put in perspective two competing hypothesis on the nature of intergenerational transfers: altruism vs. exchange … in order to prevent children?s fatal health episodes. It is shown that, under the pure altruism hypothesis richer parents …-age children, infant mortality and home-accident preventive care, we reject the null of altruism. Instead, we conclude that …