Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5062792 Economics Letters 2006 5 Pages PDF
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.

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