人口老龄化将成为人类社会的常态, 它所带来的挑战更多地源于老化的人口年龄结构与现有社会
经济体制之间的不协调所产生的矛盾, 这使公共政策调节成为必须. 仅仅调节人口政策 …

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 …

Like their counterparts elsewhere, more young Australians than ever are delaying the move
to establish residential independence from their parents. This paper reviews the developing …

In this book economists, demographers, sociologists, and anthropologists collaborate in the
study of how resources are allocated within households in developing countries and why it …

We show that even incomplete public insurance can crowd out private insurance demand.
We estimate that Medicaid could explain the lack of private long-term care insurance for …

As a consequence of increased life expectancies and the overall improved health status of
elderly people in industrialized countries, grandparents and grandchildren are now sharing …

We estimate and test the restrictions of a collective model of household consumption, using
z-conditional demands, in the context of a large conditional cash transfer program in rural …

This paper discusses the informal and formal provision of help and support to older people
from a comparative welfare state perspective, with particular reference to the relationships …

It has often been argued that Southern European countries are more familialistic in their
culture than Western and Northern European countries. In this paper, we examine this …

The recent explosion in population ageing across the globe represents one of the most
remarkable demographic changes in human history. Population ageing will profoundly affect …