transfers to other sources of household wealth has had a sizeable effect on reducing the inequality of wealth. – Inheritance … received a wealth transfer and these accounted for 23 percent of their net worth. Over the lifetime, about 30 percent of … households could expect to receive a wealth transfer and these would account for close to 40 percent of their net worth near time …

This study examines from a cross-national perspective the importance of inheritance as a source of private wealth … inheriting households own considerably more wealth than non-inheriting households, all other things equal. The wealth gap between … households who received lifetime gifts or bequests and those who did not varies hugely along the distribution of net wealth. At …

In a recent representative survey, German citizens are asked whether or not inherited wealth beyond a certain amount … this fundamental opposition against the taxation of inherited wealth. We find monetary self-interest and redistributive …-term care. Being at the heart of intra-familial exchange relations, women are more likely to oppose wealth transfer taxation …