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Altruism vs. exchange in intergenerational transfers : new evidence from children's health care

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.contributor.authorRomeu, A.
dc.contributor.authorOrtuño, Ignacio
dc.contributor.otherIVIE
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-22T12:13:34Z
dc.date.available2009-10-22T12:13:34Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractWe put in perspective two competing hypothesis on the nature of intergenerational transfers: altruism vs. exchange motivation. Unlike previous approaches, we concentrate on non-monetary transfers measured as the effort that parents need to make in order to prevent children’s fatal health episodes. It is shown that, under the pure altruism hypothesis richer parents should be more prompt than poorer ones to exert this effort in the face of a bad-health signal. Inversely, richer parents would need to observe a higher signal than poorer when parents consider raising healthy children as an investment for the future times. Using data on frequency of utilization of the emergency room services and doctor’s office visits by low-age children, infant mortality and home-accident preventive care, we reject the null of altruism. Instead, we conclude that exchange motives do not enter into contradiction with the evidence.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/5530
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking paper
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAD 2003-26
dc.rights© IVIE
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dc.subject.ecienciaEconomía
dc.subject.otherIntergenerational transfers
dc.subject.otherAltruism and exchange motivation
dc.subject.otherChild health
dc.titleAltruism vs. exchange in intergenerational transfers : new evidence from children's health care
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