Masato Hiwatari () (Department of Advanced and Social Studies, University of Tokyo)
Abstract
This paper extends a standard altruism model of private transfers to a multiple goods model. It has been pointed out that unlike the exchange-motivated transfers, altruistically motivated private transfers would mitigate income inequality in terms of quantity. However, taking the effect of multiple goods into account, it is shown that inequality-increasing transfers with purely altruistic motives can be apparently observed when market exchange is not available. This paper also introduces some concrete examples from the cases in a post-Soviet State.
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