{"product_id":"parental-priorities-economic-inequality-9780226548395","title":"Parental Priorities  Economic Inequality","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArguing that parental actions are important sources of wealth inequality, this book examines the transmission of economic status from one generation to another by constructing a model of parental preferences. It offers evidence on the intergenerational transfer of consumption, earnings and wealth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  List of Tables  Acknowledgments  1: The Argument for Parental Priorities  2: Indifference Curve Diagrams as Models of Parental Priorities  3: Two Models of Opportunity and Intergenerational Mobility  4: How Altruism Is Influenced by Economic Status  5: Taxation and Intergenerational Mobility in the Three Models  6: The Evolution of Economic Inequality in the United States  7: The Intergenerational Dynamics of Consumption, Earnings, Income, and Wealth  8: Borrowing Constraints and the Persistence of Inequality  9: The Biological Origins of Altruism  10: Classical Discussions of Altruism  11: Intergenerational Altruism and Inequality within the Family  12: Altruism and Giving beyond the Family  13: Altruism and the Principal-Agent Problem  14: Conclusions  A Guide to Mathematical Notation  References  Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195151184215,"sku":"9780226548395","price":89.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226548395.jpg?v=1763646551","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/parental-priorities-economic-inequality-9780226548395","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}