On the Origin of the Family
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- Marco Francesconi & Christian Ghiglino & Motty Perry, 2010. "On the Origin of the Family," Discussion Paper Series dp534, The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
- Francesconi, Marco & Ghiglino, Christian & Perry, Motty, 2010. "On the Origin of the Family," Economics Discussion Papers 2577, University of Essex, Department of Economics.
- Francesconi, Marco & Ghiglino, Christian & Perry, Motty, 2010. "On the Origin of the Family," CEPR Discussion Papers 7629, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Motty Perry & Christian Ghiglino & Marco Francesconi, 2010. "On the Origin of the Family," 2010 Meeting Papers 581, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Francesconi, Marco & Ghiglino, Christian & Perry, Motty, 2013. "On the Origin of the Family," Economic Research Papers 270431, University of Warwick - Department of Economics.
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Keywords
fatherhood uncertainty; free riding; kinship systems; religion; overlapping generations; divorce and blended families;JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DGE-2010-01-16 (Dynamic General Equilibrium)
- NEP-GTH-2010-01-16 (Game Theory)
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