Altruism, household size and migration

Fertility , Migration and Altruism

* This paper was inspired by a conversation Berman had with his great uncle Rafuel Grinspun, shortly after the latter migrated from the Soviet Union. We appreciate the helpful comments of Lawrence Katz, Kevin Lang, Shlomo Yitzhaki and seminar participants at Boston University, the Hebrew University, Maryland, Yale, Michigan, MIT and an NBER Labor Studies session. We thank the Maurice Falk Insti...

Migration Decisions , Remittances , and Altruism

It is understandable that remittances are larger if the migrant is more altruistic. However, remittances that the household expects to receive, i.e. expected remittances, depend not only on remittances by the migrant, who has already moved to the host county, but also on how likely it is that a household member, a potential migrant, actually migrates. Such a probability can also be affected by ...

Intra-Household Redistribution under Gender-Asymmetric Altruism

Mother or Child? Intra-Household Redistribution under Gender-Asymmetric Altruism In developing societies, social norms typically ascribe differential weights to paternal, maternal and communal (or state) contributions to children’s expenses. Individuals internalize these valuations. I examine a Cournot model of voluntary contribution to children’s goods in a two-adult household, where both spou...

Altruism , Household Coresidence and Women ’ s Health Investment in Rural

Altruism, Household Coresidence and Women's Health Investment in Rural Bangladesh