Fernandes, Ana; Becker, Sascha O.; Bentolila, Samuel; Ichino, Andrea (2008). Income Insecurity and Youth Emancipation: A Theoretical Approach. B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy, 8(1), pp. 1-42. Berlin: De Gruyter 10.2202/1935-1682.1783
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n this paper, we propose a theoretical model to study the effect of income insecurity of parents and offspring on the child's residential choice. Parents are partially altruistic toward their children and will provide financial help to an independent child when her income is low relative to the parents'. We find that children of more altruistic parents are more likely to become independent. However, first-order stochastic dominance (FOSD) shifts in the distribution of the child's future income (or her parents') have ambiguous effects on the child's residential choice. Parental altruism is the very source of ambiguity in the results. If parents are selfish or the joint income distribution of parents and child places no mass on the region where transfers are provided, a FOSD shift in the distribution of the child's (parents') future income will reduce (raise) the child's current income threshold for independence.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics |
UniBE Contributor: |
Fernandes, Ana |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics |
ISSN: |
1935-1682 |
Publisher: |
De Gruyter |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:07 |
Last Modified: |
11 Apr 2023 13:43 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.2202/1935-1682.1783 |
Web of Science ID: |
000258442000004 |
Additional Information: |
Contributions, Article 19 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
partial altruism; emancipation; coresidence; income insecurity; option value; stochastic dominance |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.29320 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/29320 (FactScience: 141555) |
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