Search Results - subject:"Inheritance"

Couples' and Singles' Savings after Retirement

De Nardi, Mariacristina - 2015

We model the saving problem of retired couples and singles facing uncertain longevity and medical expenses in presence of means-tested social insurance. Households can save to self-insure against uncertain longevity and medical expenses, and to leave bequests. Individuals in a couple can be...

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Wealth Accumulation in the US : Do Inheritances and Bequests Play a Significant Role?

Laitner, John - 2015

Two of the most basic frameworks which economists use for analyzing national saving and private wealth accumulation are the life-cycle model (e.g., Modigliani [1986]) and the so-called altruistic or dynastic model (e.g., Barro [1974] and Becker [1974]). In the first, households care about their...

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Zukunft der Erbschaftsteuer : Wege aus dem Reformdilemma aus verfassungsrechtlicher, ökonomischer und rechtspraktischer Sicht

Hey, Johanna; Birk, Dieter; Prinz, Aloys; Wolfersdorff, … - 2015

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Does Wealth Distribution and the Source of Wealth Matter for Economic Growth? Inherited v. Uninherited Billionaire Wealth and Billionaires’ Political Connections

Bagchi, Sutirtha - 2015

A key question in social sciences relates to the effect of wealth inequality on economic growth. Yet, in analyzing this issue, researchers have had to use income as a proxy for wealth. We derive a global measure of wealth inequality from Forbes magazine's listing of billionaires and decompose it...

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The Fish is the Friend of Matriliny : Reef Density Predicts Matrilineal Inheritance

Benyishay, Ariel; Grosjean, Pauline A.; Vecci, Joe - 2015

ancestral. Reef density explains as much as 20% of the variation in inheritance rule across villages in the Solomon Islands. We … matrilineal inheritance. Explanations based on the sexual division of labor and on inclusive fitness arguments support our results …. We also document some of the demographic consequences of matrilineal inheritance, including smaller household and village …

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The Risk‐Free Rate in a Finite Horizon Model with Bequests

Xiaoyong, Cui; Gong, Liutang - 2015

This paper studies the risk‐free rate in an overlapping generations economy with bequests. It is shown that the risk‐free rate depends on risk aversion, the elasticity of intertemporal substitution, the share of wealth invested in human wealth, life expectancy, and the preference for...

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Modern Gender Roles and Agricultural History : The Neolithic Inheritance

Hansen, Casper Worm; Jensen, Peter Sandholt; … - 2015

This research proposes the hypothesis that societies with long histories of agriculture have less equality in gender roles as a consequence of more patriarchal values and beliefs regarding the proper role of women in society. We test this hypothesis in a world sample of countries, in regions of...

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How Does the Estate Tax Affect the Number of Firms?

Yakovlev, Pavel A. - 2015

This study estimates the effect of the combined (Federal and state) estate, inheritance, and gift (EIG) tax burden per …

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Wealth Distribution and Social Mobility in the Us : A Quantitative Approach

Benhabib, Jess - 2015

This paper attempts to quantitatively identify the factors that drive wealth dynamics in the U.S. and are consistent with its observed skewed cross-sectional distribution and social mobility. We concentrate on three critical factors: a skewed and persistent distribution of earnings, differential...

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Unequal Bequests

Francesconi, Marco - 2015

Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we make two contributions to the literature on end-of-life transfers. First, we show that unequal bequests are much more common than generally recognized, with one-third of parents with wills planning to divide their estates unequally among...

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