Family altruism with a renewable resource and population growth
(2006)
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- We develop an overlapping-generation model la Diamond with a nona constant population growth in which households privately own a natural renewable resource and have a family-altruism resource bequest motive. The natural resource can be either extracted and sold to the producing firms as a production factor, or bequeathed to the offspring to increase his adult disposable income. With a numerical application, we analyze how family altruism interplays with population growth to shape the dynamics of the whole economy. We also highlight the role of altruism in the case of a temporary negative demographic shock. The simulations we present show that a fall in the size of families increases the family natural resource stock but reduces resource extraction on the transition, through a reinforcement of family altruistic links. Hence, family altruism plays a key role in the recovery of the economy after the shock.
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Bréchet, T., & Lambrecht, S. (2006). Family altruism with a renewable resource and population growth (CORE Discussion Papers 2006/35). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/41153