¿Inversión, consumo o bien público? Trabajo no remunerado y transferencias intrafamiliares en la macroeconomía

Nancy Folbre and James Heintz
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Nancy Folbre: Universidad de Massachusetts Amherst Levy Economics Bard College
James Heintz: Universidad de Massachusetts Amherst

EKONOMIAZ. Revista vasca de Economía, 2017, vol. 91, issue 01, 100-121

Abstract: This paper outlines some preliminary steps toward a more satisfactory integration of family and market dynamics. We begin with a broad overview of conceptual inconsistencies in conventional neoclassical models. Next, we outline several distinctive characteristics of the family economy that deserve consideration. We use this outline to develop a critical assessment of three very different types of models: accounting frameworks (including social accounting matrices), neoclassical growth models that assume joint utility (which typically generate socially optimal outcomes), and neoclassical growth models that problematize family decision making between the generations, often dubbed overlapping generation models. We argue that overlapping generation models provide at least some conceptual leverage for more satisfactory models, and, in our conclusion, we outline some ways in which they could be extended.

Keywords: Family economics; Economía familiar; fertilidad; fertility; macroeconomic models; modelos macroeconómicos; trabajo doméstico no remunerado; unpaid household work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B54 E10 J13 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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