Equal Bequests and Parental Altruism: Compatibility or Orthogonality?

Oded Stark

No 54, Economics Series from Institute for Advanced Studies

Abstract: The large amount of equal division of bequests by parents who otherwise would have compensated the earning differences among their children is attributed to the cost associated with unequal bequests. This paper identifies a source of this cost and explains why equal bequests to children whose earnings differ, and parental altruism toward these children, are not mutually exclusive.

Keywords: Parental Altruism; Equal Bequests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 D31 D63 D64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 7 pages
Date: 1998-05
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Journal Article: Equal bequests and parental altruism: compatibility or orthogonality? (1998)
Working Paper: Equal Bequests and Parental Altruism: Compatibility or Orthogonality? (1988)
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