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 …

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 …

's birth place is an important determinant for wealth in adulthood. We exploit a new dataset that oversamples wealthy … individuals in Germany and includes information on birth district, current residence, individual wealth, gifts and inheritances … and parental background. To identify the effect of economic growth on children's wealth we match the population of heirs …

light on the impact of intergenerational transfers on household wealth disparities and on possible reasons for the … substantial differences in household wealth disparities among the 4 countries. Almost all of the evidence I present suggests that … intergenerational transfers have a disequalizing impact on household wealth disparities and promote the transmission of household wealth …