Private wealth is a crucial factor for the economic well-being of households. Key determinants of private wealth … include intergenerational wealth transfers (gifts and inheritances), which are gaining importance since 1990, as research … suggests. We conduct a detailed investigation of the distribution of wealth transfers in eight Euro-area countries. First, we …

of households. The model allows for dynamic adjustment and variations in the savings behavior over the wealth … transfer volume, the transfer incidence over the wealth distribution and the effect of the savings behavior. The results are … variations in the savings behavior over the wealth distribution and despite a strong relationship between initial household …

and savings decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance against wage and employment shocks is provided by … social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on …

harmonized data set collecting detailed information on wealth holdings, consumption and income at the household level. Since the …

. To do so, we specify a structural life-cycle model of the labor supply, savings, and social assistance claiming decisions …, savings, and the labor supplies of all adult household members. We show that the optimal policy mix is dominated by moderately …

structural life-cycle model of singles' and married couples' labor supply and savings decisions. The model includes heterogeneity … by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment …