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Intra-household transfers and the part-time work of children

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  • Christian Dustmann

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies and University College London)

  • John Micklewright

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies and Institute of Education)

  • Najma Rajah

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

Abstract

We analyse labour supply of 16 year old British children together with the cash transfers made to them by their parents. We develop a theoretical framework with an altruistic parent and a selfish child, which serves as the basis for the empirical specification in which labour supply and transfers are jointly determined. We estimate various specifications of the econometric model. Our results confirm that parental transfers and the child's labour supply are heavily dependent on each other and also show the influence of several other factors. For example, transfers are not very elastic with respect to parental income.

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  • Christian Dustmann & John Micklewright & Najma Rajah, 1996. "Intra-household transfers and the part-time work of children," IFS Working Papers W96/03, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:ifs:ifsewp:96/03
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    1. Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, 2001. "Evidence on Youth Employment, Earnings, and Parental Transfers in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 36(4), pages 795-822.
    2. Christian Dustmann & John Mickelwright & Najma Rajah & Stephen Smith, 1996. "Earning and learning: educational policy and the growth of part-time work by full-time pupils," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 17(1), pages 79-103, February.
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    9. Ligang Liu & Zhiwu Xiao & Yang Deng, 2023. "Who Does “Endowment Insurance†Support: The Elderly or Their Grown-up Children?," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, November.
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    15. François-Charles Wolff & Claudine Attias-Donfut, 2007. "Les comportements de transferts intergénérationnels en Europe," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 403(1), pages 117-141.
    16. Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, 2000. "The Role of the Family in Determining Youth Employment," JCPR Working Papers 151, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.
    17. Pascal Belan & Pierre-Jean Messe & François-Charles Wolff, 2010. "Postponing retirement age and labor force participation: the role of family transfers," Recherches économiques de Louvain, De Boeck Université, vol. 76(4), pages 347-370.

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    • C35 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions
    • C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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