To help shed light on the implications of intergenerational transfers for wealth inequality, this paper uses data for Japan and the United States to examine whether individuals who receive intergenerational transfers from their parents are more likely to leave bequests to their children than...

Ein Flat-Tax-Modell mit einer breiten Bemessungsgrundlage und einem einheitlichen Steuersatz würde die Erbschaftssteuer vereinfachen. Im Vergleich zum jetzigen Recht müssten dann Erben von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen höhere Steuern zahlen, während große Erb- und Schenkungsfälle in...

We conduct a theoretical and empirical analysis of why children live with (or near) their parents and provide care and assistance to them using microdata from a Japanese household survey, the Osaka University Preference Parameter Study. We find that the Japanese are more likely to live with (or...