The purposes of the current study are (1) to examine trends in the custom of primogeniture and offsprings' perception regarding their inheritance, (2) to demonstrate why the younger generation, between 25 and 35, hesitate to agree with their parents' access to reverse mortgage and (3) to...

Equalizing inheritance rights is often suggested as an important step to guarantee gender equality in family transfers. South Korea removed the gender discriminatory provision in its inheritance law in 1991. This study looks at two channels of family transfer in South Korea—inheritance and...

Objective: This study examines between-sibling inequality in inheritances and investigates whether receiving a larger share of the inheritance is associated with intergenerational exchanges (financial, instrumental, or emotional) or patrilineal factors (gender, birth order, and marital...