Geography of the Family

Kai Konrad, Harald Künemund, Kjell Lommerud () and Julio Robledo

No 2312, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: We study the residential choice of siblings who are altruistic towards their parents. If some sibling moves further away, he or she can shift some of the burden of taking care of the parents to his or her siblings. Thus, siblings have a strategic incentive to move away that only children do not have. Siblings locate further away from parents that only children do not have. Siblings locate further away from parents than only children do, and, for some preferences, asymmetric location patterns emerge. These theoretical predictions are also confirmed by empirical data.

Keywords: Family Public Goods; Voluntary Intergenerational Transfers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H41 J10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-12
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