Transfers within a three generations family: when the rotten kids turn into altruistic parents
b'We study exchanges between three overlapping generations with non-dynastic altruism.\\nThe middleaged choose informal care provided to their parents and education expenditures for their children. The young enjoy their education, while the old may leave a bequest to their children. Within each period the three generations play a \\u201cgame\\u201d inspired by Becker\\u2019s (1974, 1991) rotten kids framework, with the added features that the rotten kids turn into the altruistic parent in the next period and that parents invest in the education of their children. We show that Becker\\u2019s rotten kids theorem holds for the single period game in that informal aid is set according to an efficient rule. However, education is distorted upwards. In the stationary equilibrium the levels of both transfers are inefficient: education is too large and informal aid is too low.'