What is the greatest single class of distortions in the global economy? One contender for this
title is the tightly binding constraints on emigration from poor countries. Vast numbers of …

What motivates grandparents to their altruism? We review answers from evolutionary theory,
sociology, and economics. Sometimes in direct conflict with each other, these accounts of …

This paper explores the interface between personality psychology and economics. We
examine the predictive power of personality and the stability of personality traits over the life …

This paper presents a survey of the theoretical and empirical literature on cultural
transmission and socialization. It has been prepared for the Handbook of Social Economics …

The authors examined whether the provision of child care helps older adults maintain better
cognitive functioning. Descriptive evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing and …

We propose a household production function approach to human development that explicitly
considers the role of parenting style in child rearing. Specifically, parenting style is modeled …

In this paper we study the remittance behavior of immigrants and how it relates to temporary
versus permanent migration plans. We use a unique data source that provides unusual …

Across Europe grandparents play very different roles. This paper studies to what extent
grandparents' role as providers of child care relates to the country policy context, focusing on …

In this chapter, I review empirical and theoretical literature on taxation of intergenerational
transfers (estates, bequests, inheritances, inter vivos gifts) and wealth. The main message …

The literature so far provides no in-depth investigation of the determinants of decisions to
contribute to crowdfunding platforms. The present article draws on work measuring the …