Bequests, Gifts, and Social Security.
This paper analyzes the very long run, or "stationary state," impact of an unfunded social security system, using an overlapping generations mo del framework. A key feature is that while parents care about their c hildren and can leave non-negative bequests to them, children also ca re about their parents and can make non-negative "gifts" to them. T he author shows that the possibility of negative "net bequests" may make social security less harmful to private wealth accumulation tha n would otherwise be the case. A subsidiary finding is that risk-lovi ng behavior may emerge for some households due to the nature of inter generational transfers within families. Copyright 1988 by The Review of Economic Studies Limited.
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1988
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Authors: | Laitner, John |
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Review of Economic Studies. - Wiley Blackwell, ISSN 0034-6527. - Vol. 55.1988, 2, p. 275-99
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Wiley Blackwell |
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