We consider a small open overlapping generation economy with descending altruism. We introduce heterogeneity within dynasties by assuming that each parent procreates a fixed proportion of selfsh children at each generation. Altruistic parents can recognize the type of each children and tike into...

The paper studies voluntary wealth transfers across generations. It assumes heterogeneous agents: altruistic agents leave a bequest to their children, whereas selfish ones do not. The possibility for the parent to distinguish altruist and selfish children or not is discussed in conjunction with...