• Title of article

    Bequest motives and fertility decisions

  • Author/Authors

    Ritsuko Futagami، نويسنده , , Kimiyoshi Kamada، نويسنده , , Takashi Sato، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    348
  • To page
    352
  • Abstract
    We compare altruistic and strategic bequest motives and examine which one induces the higher demand for children. Although parents with strategic bequests have the stronger demand for filial attention, they choose to have fewer children than those with altruistic bequests.
  • Keywords
    Fertility , Altruism , Bequests , attention
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    436018