Hochguertel, Stefan; Ohlsson, Henry - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
that inter vivos transfers from parents to children are gifts, and not temporary help to overcome liquidity constraints …. Second, inter vivos gifts are compensatory in the sense that life-time poorer children will receive higher transfers than … their life-time richer siblings. Third, inter vivos gifts do not, however, make up the entire difference in life …