Economic inequality and intergenerational transfers: Evidence from Mexico

Intergenerational Inequality: Evidence from Spain

This paper documents the evolution of the inequalities between generations in Spain, analyzing the trends of income and net worth during the last decade for households headed by adults of different age cohorts. Using data from the Spanish Survey of Household Finance (EFF) we document a deterioration of the situation of the young in terms of mean and median income and net worth in 2011 compared ...

Intergenerational transfers and the prospects for increasing wealth inequality

Analyzing two cohorts from the Health and Retirement Survey from 1992 to 2002, we investigate the growth of wealth inequality and the determinants of intergenerational transfers. Although wealth inequality has grown substantially, patterns of intergenerational transfers that we are able to assess have changed only modestly. Based on these results, we conclude that concerns that the level of ine...

Inequality, Transfers, and Growth: New Evidence from the Economic Transition in Poland

This paper analyzes the evolution of inequality in Poland during the economic transition that began in 1989–1990. Using microdata from the Household Budget Surveys, we Ž nd that, after a brief spike in 1989, income and consumption inequality actually declined to below pretransitio n levels during 1990–1992 and then increased gradually, rising only moderately above pretransition levels by 1997. ...

Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Economic Outcomes in the Next Generation? Evidence from Mexico∗

Conditional cash transfer programs have spread to over 80 countries in the past two decades, but little is known about their long-term effects on the youth they target. This paper estimates the impact of childhood exposure to the Mexican program Progresa on economic outcomes in early adulthood by leveraging the age structure of program benefits and geographic variation in early program penetrat...

The relationship between intergenerational transfers, housing and economic outcomes