How are resources allocated within extended families in developing economies? This question is investigated using a unique social experiment: the South African pension program. Under that program the elderly receive a cash transfer equal to roughly twice the per capita income of Africans in South Africa. The study examines how this transfer affects the labor supply of prime-age individuals living with these elderly in extended families. It finds a...
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2003/01/01
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Article de revue
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2013/05/22
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Public policy and extended families : evidence from pensions in South Africa
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labor supply
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