Economic development and family structure: From pater familias to the nuclear family
(2014) European Economic Review — Vol. 71, p. 80-100 (2014)
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- Abstract
- We provide a theory of the interaction between intergenerational living arrangements and economic development. We show that, when technical progress is fast enough, the economy experiences a shift from stagnation to growth, there is a transition from coresidence to non-coresidence, and the social status of the elderly tends to deteriorate.
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University of Verona Department of Economics Bocconi University Econpubblica
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Pensieroso, L., & Sommacal, A. (2014). Economic development and family structure: From pater familias to the nuclear family. European Economic Review, 71, 80-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.07.001 (Original work published 2014)