List of Illustrations | |
List of Tables | |
Acknowledgments | |
The Argument for Parental Priorities | |
Indifference Curve Diagrams as Models of Parental Priorities | |
Two Models of Opportunity and Intergenerational Mobility | |
How Altruism Is Influenced by Economic Status | |
Taxation and Intergenerational Mobility in the Three Models | |
The Evolution of Economic Inequality in the United States | |
The Intergenerational Dynamics of Consumption, Earnings, Income, and Wealth | |
Borrowing Constraints and the Persistence of Inequality | |
The Biological Origins of Altruism | |
Classical Discussions of Altruism | |
Intergenerational Altruism and Inequality within the Family | |
Altruism and Giving beyond the Family | |
Altruism and the Principal-Agent Problem | |
Conclusions A Guide to Mathematical Notation | |
References | |
Index | |
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