Date of Award

1-1-2011

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Economics

Content Description

1 online resource (ix, 121 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

John Baily Jones

Committee Members

Fang Yang, Adrian Masters

Keywords

Medicare, Older people, Social security, Parent and adult child

Subject Categories

Economics

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to examine the interaction of social insurance programs and family support for financing the elderly's consumption in an environment when agents exhibit two-sided altruism.

Included in

Economics Commons

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