title: Inheritance and wealth composition.
abstract: "This paper studies the effects of variables pertaining to alternative bequest motives on the composition of households' portfolio. It relies on a 1986 survey on the assets structure of 5,600 French households. The main conclusion is that bequest motives indeed influence the composition of households' wealth.... In general, however, for lack of data but also because households have mixed bequest motives, one cannot establish a clear relation between specific models of inheritance on the one hand and wealth pattern on the other hand."
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perelman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pestieau
mesh_terms: D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005602:France
keywords: Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Family And Household; France; Households; Intergenerational Transfers; Mediterranean Countries; Microeconomic Factors; Western Europe