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Title: Geography of the Family

Author(s): Kai A. Konrad, Harald Künemund, Kjell Erik Lommerud and Julio R Robledo

Publication Date: December 1999

Keyword(s): Family Public Goods and Voluntary Intergenerational Transfers

Programme Area(s): Public Economics

Abstract: We study the residential choice of siblings who are altruistic towards their parents. If some sibling moves further away, he or she can shift some of the burden of taking care of the parents to his or her siblings. Thus, siblings have a strategic incentive to move away that only children do not have. Siblings locate further away from parents that only children do not have. Siblings locate further away from parents than only children do, and, for some preferences, asymmetric location patterns emerge. These theoretical predictions are also confirmed by empirical data.

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Konrad, K, Künemund, H, Lommerud, K and Robledo, J. 1999. 'Geography of the Family'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=2312