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Author: | Lueth, E. |
Title: | Can inheritance alleviate the fiscal burden of an aging population? |
Journal: | IMF Staff papers
2003 : VOL. 50:2, p. 178-199 |
Index terms: | Ageing Fiscal policy Inheritance Intergenerational transfers |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | With pay as you go schemes in place, population aging will impose a heavy fiscal burden on young and future cohorts. These cohorts might however also profit from larger inheritances as the number of heirs declines. In this paper, the compensating potential of private intergenerational transfers are explored. |
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