I construct a model where upstream income transfers, from adult children to their old parents, are driven by a culture of strong family ties. This evolves endogenously, through a process of intergenerational cultural transmission. The two-way causal link between economic and cultural change can be a strong enough force to offset cultural substitution, thus generating path-dependent outcomes. These outcomes show that economic development is negatively related with upstream intergenerational transfers, and with the strength of family ties. On the one hand, the economy may follow a convergence path towards a low level of economic development, where adherence to strong family ties is the dominant characteristic of a culturally homogeneous population, and where the overall flow of intergenerational transfers is substantial. On the other hand, the economy may follow a different path of convergence towards a relatively higher level of economic development, where the population is more diverse in terms of their attitudes on family ties, and where the overall flow of intergenerational transfers is lower by comparison.

我构建了一个模型，在该模型中，从成年子女到年迈父母的上游收入转移是由牢固的家庭关系文化驱动的。这通过代际文化传播过程内生演变。经济和文化变迁之间的双向因果关系可能是一股足以抵消文化替代的强大力量，从而产生路径依赖的结果。这些结果表明，经济发展与上游代际转移以及家庭关系的强度呈负相关。一方面，经济可能会沿着低水平经济发展趋同，坚持牢固的家庭纽带是文化同质人口的主要特征，代际转移的总体流动很大。另一方面，