Efficient investment in children

DOI10.1006/JETH.2001.2852zbMATH Open1127.91360OpenAlexW2148761999MaRDI QIDQ697925FDOQ697925

Authors: S. Rao Aiyagari, Jeremy Greenwood, Ananth Seshadri 

Publication date: 18 September 2002

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://rcer.econ.rochester.edu/RCERPAPERS/rcer_481.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

efficiencyimperfect financial marketsimpure altruisminvestment in childrenlack of child-care markets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Resource and cost allocation (including fair division, apportionment, etc.) (91B32)

Cites Work

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• Intergenerational Transfers and the Distribution of Earnings
• Random earnings differences, lifetime liquidity constraints, and altruistic intergenerational transfers

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• Human capital development and parental investment in India
• A single parent's labor supply: evaluating different child care fees within an intertemporal framework
• Deviant generations, Ricardian equivalence, and growth cycles
• Property rights and efficiency in OLG models with endogenous fertility
• Higher education subsidies and heterogeneity: a dynamic analysis

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