| Title: | Altruism and beyond : an economic analysis of transfers and exchanges within families and groups |
| Authors: | Oded Stark, Author |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press, 1995 |
| Series: | Oscar Morgenstern memorial lectures, num. 1995 |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-521-47419-1 |
| Size: | 1 vol. (x-142 p.) / 23 cm |
| Languages: | English |
| Descriptors: |
[Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > economic analysis [Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > economic analysis > economic analysis > microeconomics [Eurovoc] LAW > civil law > ownership > transfer of property > inheritance [Eurovoc] SOCIAL QUESTIONS > family [Eurovoc] SOCIAL QUESTIONS > migration [Eurovoc] SOCIAL QUESTIONS > social affairs > social life > social behaviour [Eurovoc] SOCIAL QUESTIONS > social framework > sociocultural group [Eurovoc] TRADE |
| Tags: | economic aspects ; political economy ; mathematical models ; cash transfers ; remittances ; human capital |
| Abstract: |
4e de couv : "This book employs economic methodology to study the motives for and the repercussions of transfers and exchanges within families, between generations, and within groups. The books shows how the allocative behaviour and wellbeing of one family member depend on his altruistic link with another family member, how the timing of the intergenerational transfer of the family productive asset affects the recipient’s incentive to engage in human capital formation, and how transfers from an adult to his parents impinge on future transfers to him from his own children. In addition, the book shows that under asymmetric information high-skill migrant worker make transfers to low-skill would be migrants in order to lure them to stay put, and that under incomplete information a group-specific informational edge – lower recognition costs – results in a superior exchange outcome. Finally, altruism, which in the beginning of the book is assumed, is explained: the transmission to or probable acquisition by children of parental traits and the exchange by children between siblings are shown to result in a stable equilibrium wherein no agent behaves nonaltruistically.
The book studies both altruistic and nonaltruistic motives for transfer behaviour. In addition, it traces some of the market repercussions of intrafamilial, intergenerational, and intragroup transfers and exchanges." |
| Contents note: |
Introduction
1. Altruism, transfers, and wellbeing 2. The timing of intergenerational transfers: an implication; 3. An exchange implication of transfers: the demonstration effect 4. Transfers by migrants: a strategic motive for remittances 5. Exchange with recognition costs: an explanation of migrants' performance 6. Intrafamilial transfers and exchanges: forming and sustaining altruism |
Copies (1)
| Barcode | Call number | Media type | Location | Section | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 006892 | RHSO 319 | Livre | Centre de documentation du CERDI / Ecole d'Economie | Salle de lecture | Available |
