This paper investigates how families make decisions about the education of juveniles. The decision problem is analyzed in three variations: a 'decentralized' scheme, in which the parents control the purse-strings, but the children dispose of their time as they see fit; a 'hierarchical' scheme,...

Die Entwicklung neuer Ansätze zur Förderung lebenslangen Lernens stellt eine der zentralen Herausforderungen an die empirische Erziehungswissenschaft dar. Es besteht ein Bedarf an Methoden, die sowohl individuelles als auch Gruppenlernen unterstützen, die der wachsenden Internationalisierung...

We construct a theory of intergenerational preference transmission that rationalizes the choice between alternative parenting styles (related to Baumrind 1967). Parents maximize an objective function that combines Beckerian and paternalistic altruism towards children. They can affect their...

We construct a theory of intergenerational preference transmission that rationalizes the choice between alternative parenting styles (related to Baumrind 1967). Parents maximize an objective function that combines Beckerian and paternalistic altruism towards children. They can affect their...