Beyond optimality: Managing children, assets, and consumption over the life cycle

Journal of Mathematical Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 227-241

  Bonneuil, Noël ^a,b   Saint Pierre, Patrick ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Family; Heterogeneity; Hybrid systems; Life cycle; Viability theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349059886     PISSN: 03044068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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