Pour examiner la question de la répartition des ressources au sein du mé- nage, les économistes ont d?abord été tentés d'étendre les modèles de comportement développés pour les personnes seules (qui sont généralement jugés comme satisfai- sants par la profession) à des couples ou...

In this paper, we develop an overlapping generations model where fertility is endogenous. The utility of the parents is a function of the number of their children, and each child implies two types of fixed costs: the financial cost and the cost in terms of time. A "pay-as-you-go" pension scheme...

In this paper we present a model of economic growth where agents are characterized by social status concern behaviour. With respect to the literature, we show that social status seeking is not always desirable for economic growth. Specially, we prove that the impact of status seeking on growth...