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Inter-vivos transfers and exchange
- Southern Economic Journal
, 2008
"... Most parents divide their bequests equally among their children, while inter-vivos transfers are usually unequal. We propose that exchange works better for inducing inter-vivos transfers than bequests. Inter-vivos trans-fers can be adjusted quickly to the amount of care, are less costly than writing ..."
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Most parents divide their bequests equally among their children, while inter-vivos transfers are usually unequal. We propose that exchange works better for inducing inter-vivos transfers than bequests. Inter-vivos trans-fers can be adjusted quickly to the amount of care, are less costly than
2009): “Equilibrium Effects of Education Policies: a Quantitative Evaluation,” UCL Working paper
"... This paper compares the partial and general equilibrium effects of alternative education policies on the distribution of education and earnings. We build a life-cycle model with endogenous labor supply, consumption/saving and education choices, allowing for agents’ heterogeneity in several dimension ..."
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dimensions and for incomplete insurance markets. The model internalizes the dynamic life-cycle effects of access to family resources by allowing altruistic parents to make a voluntary inter-vivos transfer to their child at the beginning of the child’s independent life. PSID and NLSY data are used to estimate
Informal Care and Inter-Vivos Transfers: Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women,”BE
- Journal of Economics and Applied Policy
"... assistance in constructing the panel-level child-parent transfer data. We are grateful for funding from the National Institute on Aging through grants K01AG041763 (Nicholas). The authors gratefully acknowledge use of the services, facilities, and support of the Population Studies Center at the Unive ..."
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assistance in constructing the panel-level child-parent transfer data. We are grateful for funding from the National Institute on Aging through grants K01AG041763 (Nicholas). The authors gratefully acknowledge use of the services, facilities, and support of the Population Studies Center
Intergenerational Transfers and the Accumulation of Wealth," mimeo,
- University of Wisconsin,
, 1993
"... H t ouseholds acquire wealth from two sources: they save out of income they have earned, and they receive transfers from other people. The first method of wealth accumulation goes under the name of life-cycle saving, in which people save during their working lives and dissave after retirement; the ..."
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; the second involves either an inter vivos transfer (that is, a transfer between living people) or a bequest (a transfer that occurs at the death of the donor). While inter vivos transfers and bequests will arise in dynastic models where preferences include a taste for the well-being of one's descendents
Givers and Receivers: Inter Vivos Transfers in the
, 2009
"... This study analyses the characteristics of both recipients and givers of private transfers from a sample of Australian migrants. It utilises a unique longitudinal household survey conducted on immigrants entering Australia with permanent residency. Sample selection bias that arises from the limited ..."
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This study analyses the characteristics of both recipients and givers of private transfers from a sample of Australian migrants. It utilises a unique longitudinal household survey conducted on immigrants entering Australia with permanent residency. Sample selection bias that arises from the limited
Estate and Gift Taxes and Incentives for Inter Vivos Giving
- in the United State,” Working Paper 6842, National Bureau of Economic Research
, 1998
"... This paper describes the current estate and gift tax rules that apply to intergenerational transfers in the US. It summarizes the incentives for inter vivos giving, gifts from a donor to a recipient while the donor is alive, as a strategy for reducing estate tax liability. It shows that the current ..."
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This paper describes the current estate and gift tax rules that apply to intergenerational transfers in the US. It summarizes the incentives for inter vivos giving, gifts from a donor to a recipient while the donor is alive, as a strategy for reducing estate tax liability. It shows that the current
Compensatory inter vivos gifts*
, 2000
"... Empirical studies of intergenerational transfers usually …nd that bequests are equally divided among heirs while inter vivos gifts tend to be compensatory. Using the 1992 and 1994 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, we …nd that only 4 % of parents who give, divide their gifts equally among the ..."
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Empirical studies of intergenerational transfers usually …nd that bequests are equally divided among heirs while inter vivos gifts tend to be compensatory. Using the 1992 and 1994 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, we …nd that only 4 % of parents who give, divide their gifts equally among
Parents ’ Desire to Make Equal Inter Vivos Transfers
, 2008
"... An electronic version of the paper may be downloaded • from the SSRN website: www.SSRN.com • from the RePEc website: www.RePEc.org • from the CESifo website: Twww.CESifo-group.org/wp T ..."
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An electronic version of the paper may be downloaded • from the SSRN website: www.SSRN.com • from the RePEc website: www.RePEc.org • from the CESifo website: Twww.CESifo-group.org/wp T
A Dynamic Model for Transfers with Two-Sided Imperfect Altruism
, 2008
"... Inter-vivos transfers constitute a quantitatively important mechanism of insurance, but their timing and influence on savings decisions are poorly understood. We develop a dynamic theory of voluntary transfers in a Markov-perfect setting with two infinitely-lived agents who are imperfectly altruisti ..."
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Inter-vivos transfers constitute a quantitatively important mechanism of insurance, but their timing and influence on savings decisions are poorly understood. We develop a dynamic theory of voluntary transfers in a Markov-perfect setting with two infinitely-lived agents who are imperfectly
Inter vivos transfers or bequests? Estate taxes and the timing of parental giving
- Tax Policy and the Economy 14
, 2000
"... The estates of individuals who die with wealth over specified levels are taxed at high marginal rates. In 1999 the marginal tax rates ranged from 37 percent on estates of $650,000 to 55 percent on estates of over $3 million. Because children are the most frequent heirs, one would expect other gift-g ..."
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-giving behavior to children to be affected by the potential tax rates faced by the estate. However, surprisingly little is known about this relationship. This paper investigates the link between estate taxes and inter vivos transfers from parents to children. I find that the exis-tence of estate taxes hastens
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