Marital and parenting bargainingdivorce, inter-generational transfers, and caring

Abstract

This thesis studies marital and parenting relationships. First, we offer an empirical perspective on marriage breakdown in Europe. Then, we connect two primary issues in family relationships: the relationships between spouses, and those between parents and children to analyse the effects that inter-generational transfers have on welfare in both marriage and divorce situations, and the relationship between different sources of income and inter-generational transfers in an altruistic framework. Finally, we focus on analysing the effect that the care decision process has on the amount of caring-time, and on the informal caregiver's satisfaction.