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Do Bequests Increase or Decrease Wealth Inequalities? / Charles Yuji Horioka.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horioka, Charles Yuji.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w14639.
- NBER working paper series no. w14639
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2009.
- Summary:
- This paper finds that individuals in Japan do not leave very significant bequests, that parents often require a quid pro quo for bequests to their children, and that wealthier individuals leave less bequests, meaning that bequests ameliorate wealth inequalities.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- January 2009.
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