Inheritances are often regarded as a societal" evil," enabling great fortunes to be passed
from one generation to another, thus exacerbating wealth inequality and reducing wealth …

Using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), we found that on average over the
period from 1989 to 2007, about one fifth of American households at a given point of time …

Almost $4 trillion dollars of wealth is currently held by families with a life expectancy of less
than 10 years. When that wealth is inherited, will it be retained or spent quickly? Results …

Economists are concerned with inheritance at two levels: the economywide level and the
household level. At the economywide level, the principal focus of economic research has …

The intergenerational transfer of assets helps create and maintain wealth inequality over
time, and cohort differences in these wealth transfers provide unique insights into the …

Using the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we investigate household
inheritances' structural characteristics and their effects on wealth distribution. First, we find …

This article aims to measure and understand the role of inheritances in shaping wealth
inequality. We use a quasi-experimental design and Swedish administrative data to …

Transfers from parents—either in the form of gifts or inheritances—have received much
attention as a source of inequality. This paper uses a 19-year panel of administrative data for …

Using the B ritish H ousehold P anel S urvey, we investigate the role of inheritance in
shaping the distribution of household wealth in G reat B ritain during 1995–2005a period …

This paper uses population register data on inheritances and wealth in Sweden to estimate
the causal impact of inheritances on wealth inequality. We find that inheritances reduce …