This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the effects of taxation on
economic performance, adds marginally to the empirical literature, and draws conclusions …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses two theoretical frameworks that economists use
to analyze links between households. The first is based on altruistic preferences and the …

Over the past 15 years, the availability of cheap and convenient microcomputers has
changed the collection methods and analysis of household survey data in developing …

'The great transformation'from customary exchange to impersonal markets is incomplete.
Reciprocal exchange pervades modern societies. It takes the form of 'gifts', reciprocated …

Theoretical literature shows that income uncertainty boosts saving, yet empirical work is
incomplete. I test for the precautionary motive for saving using panel data. Knowing this …

This paper estimates the contribution of net saving for each of twelve motives to overall
household saving in Japan using micro data from a Japanese Government survey and finds …

There is a growing awareness that it is important to understand patterns of family assistance;
however, there is still a great deal of information about private transfers that is not known …

Publisher Summary This chapter explores the ways in which changing the age structure of
the population in the macroeconomic models affects variables, such as consumption …

The collection of chapters in the Handbook of Population and Family Economics and their
organization reflect the most recent developments in economics pertaining to population …

Direct estimates of the interest elasticity of saving suffer from several serious problems. As
an alternative, this survey uses an indirect approach that combines models of individual …