Three theoretical hypotheses can explain the motives behind familial transfers given to the elders : altruism, exchange, and the demonstration effect theory where adults have to set an example by helping their elders if they want to be helped in turn by their children. This paper focuses on a...

To analyze the consumer utility, we use Shibani’s model that is based on three successive layers of earning/spending/utility. Based on the social solidarity, we show that the marginal earning depends on the first difference between the MPC of lower and upper social groups. According to the...

للعقيدة الاسلامية دور مهم في توجيه السلوك الاقتصادي، يتمثل في ربط الحياة الدنيا بالآخرة على مستوى الأفراد والمجتمعات، مما يبرز أهمية البعد الإيماني والأخلاقي في...

This paper tries to analyze the origin and progress of global feminism. Feminism is a mass movement commenced by women of all groups to eradicate all forms of feminist oppressions by men that are prevailing in a patriarchal society. It always fights against all types of oppressions on women. It...

This paper shows that social interactions can induce families of migrants to care about hierarchical social status because it serves as a signal device of non-observable income. Hence , a concern for social status induces theses families to engage in conspicuous consumption in order to signal...

To analyze the consumer utility, we use Shibani’s model that is based on three successive layers of earning/spending/utility. Based on the social solidarity, we show that the marginal earning depends on the first difference between the MPC of lower and upper social groups. According to the...

In the following article, we analyzed a variable present in the ISTAT-BES dataset, namely "People You Can Count On"-PYCC for the Italian regions. Following an analysis of the time series aimed at highlighting the trends of the regions, we created a clustering with a k-Means algorithm optimized...

This paper investigates the impact of prolonged social distancing on generosity by analyzing the responses of 1255 US citizens to dictator games spread out over eight weeks of the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the isolation and the negative effects on employment and household...

This research explores how regional socioeconomic variables affect the perception of social trust and support networks (PYCC) in Italian regions, and examines the implications for public policy designed to strengthen social cohesion. This study examines the variable "People You Can Count On"...

We consider a model where agents differ in their `types' which determines their voluntary contribution towards a public good. We analyze what the equilibrium composition of groups are under centralized and centralized choice. We show that there exists a top-down sorting equilibrium i.e. an...