We present and test the idea that bequest planning is linked with the experience of inheriting. We consider "a family … experience of inheriting enhances the intension to bequeath as redicted by the family tradition model, independently of the … inheritance provides which account for its impact on the intention to bequeath; it is rather the family tradition of bequeathing …

This paper estimates sibling correlations in cognitive and non-cognitive skills to evaluate the importance of family …-cognitive skills, a restricted maximum likelihood model indicates substantial influences of family background on skill formation … than half of the inequality in cognition can be explained by family background. Comparing these findings with those in the …

This paper analyses the role of family risk attitudes in intergenerational mobility in incomes and education. Based on … family risk attitudes impact economic mobility. The study suggests an important intergenerational link between fathers' risk …