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Precautionary Saving and Altruism .
Nordblom, K. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1997
. This paper examines the determination of precautionary saving when people have access to intra-family risk sharing. I show … one. Also welfare and savings effects from social insurance turn out to be sensitive to assumptions about family structure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669610
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The Economics of Dowry Payments in Pakistan
Anderson, K.S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
Although there are numerous studies of the dowry phenomenon in India, research pertaining to the custom in the rest of South Asia is sparse.The aim of this paper is to study dowry payments in Pakistan.Several interpretations for dowry are distinguished using a simple theoretical framework and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091513
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Precautionary Saving and Altruism
Nordblom, Katarina - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1997
. This paper examines the determination of precautionary saving when people have access to intra-family risk sharing. I show … one. Also welfare and savings effects from social insurance turn out to be sensitive to assumptions about family structure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644547
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The Economics of Roscas and Intra-Household Resource Allocation
Anderson, K.S.; Baland, J-M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
This paper investigates individual motives to participate in rotating savings and credit associations (roscas).Detailed evidence from roscas in a Kenyan slum (Nairobi) suggests that most roscas are predominantly composed of women, particularly those living in a couple and earning an independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092446
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Family Size, Looming Demographic Changes and the Efficiency of Social Security Reform
van Groezen, Bas; Meijdam, Lex; Leers, T. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
This paper analyses the eeffects of ageing and child support in a model with endogenous fertility and Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) pensions. First, we show that the endogeneity of fertility makes society vulnerable to both pessimistic beliefs and changes in life expectancy. In particular, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091071
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Tax Avoidance and Intra-Family Transfers
Nordblom, Katarina; Ohlsson, Henry - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2005
To what extent do people avoid taxes on intra-family transfers (bequests and gifts), and how would integration … of transfer taxes on altruistic parents’ transfers to their children. Using a theoretical model we find that altruistic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419203
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Post Mortem Reputation, Compensatory Gifts and Equal Bequests.
Lundholm, M.; Ohlsson, H. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1999
) to compensate less well off children whereas post mortem bequests are divided equally among siblings. We study a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005479124
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Post Mortem Reputation, Compensatory Gifts and Equal Bequests
Lundholm, Michael; Ohlsson, Henry - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1999
) to compensate less well off children whereas post mortem bequests are divided equally among siblings. We study a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644570
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A Logic of Multi-Level Change of Routines
Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005
This paper tries to account for endogenous change of multi-level routines in terms of nested cycles of discovery, in a hierarchy of scripts.Higher-level scripts constitute the selection environment for lower level ones.On any level, a cycle of discovery proceeds from established dominant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091106
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Maternal Addiction to Parental Leave
Engström, Per; Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Liang, Che-Yuan - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2006
The increased demand for a more equal parental sharing of the responsibilities for children has led many countries to … parents to increase the father’s share of the family’s parental leave time. However, regulations in terms of father’s quotas … should be provided in order to prevent mothers from taking too large share of the family’s leave time. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190454