variation in wealth results from unexpected inheritance due to sudden death and allows us to identify 304 constrained …

may be an alternative route out of poverty. The roles of parental wealth, livestock inheritance and formal education in … significant. Thus, while livestock inheritance does not translate directly into greater wealth in the next generation, there do …

Most theoretical approaches to inheritance assume that parents are the key actors of bequest decisions. However, in a … context of important migration, children may play an active role in the inheritance process. Based on a unique data set … way inheritance is distributed through their decision to accept or refuse their share of inheritance. This decision is not …

same redistributive effect as an inheritance tax but does not distort the bequest decision. -- optimal taxation … ; inheritance tax ; expenditure tax ; intergenerational wealth transfer …

by land inheritance, other bequests and parental background as influences on an adult's economic welfare and economic … land and housing bring little gain to mean consumption and play little role in explaining inequality. Inheritance of non … more important to adult welfare than property inheritance. Significant gender inequality in consumption is evident …

only appears in the years after receiving the inheritance. It disappears after a couple of years. -- inheritances …