Westermeier, Christian; Tiefensee, Anita; Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 6 (2016) 16/17, pp. 185-195
current net worth of households- and is the highest of all euro countries included in this study. Based on recipient … transfers from outside their own household. The present value of these transfers averaged between 85,000 and 274,000 euros …, depending on the relevant country. The sum of all inheritances and gifts in western Germany corresponds to one-third of the …