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Title: Gender Differences in Inter Vivos Transfers
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: To what extent do parents exhibit preferential treat- ment for one gender with respect to financial gifts to children? Using the Health and Retirement Study from 1992-2014, I esti- mate differences in the frequency and magnitude of gifts to sons and daughters. Conditional on a transfer, there is no evidence of differences in amounts between sons and daughters. However par- ents give to daughters at higher rates. I explore potential mecha- nisms for this disparity: in particular, I address the altruism and exchange motives for inter vivos transfers. I find that the differ- ence in giving rates is partially explained by higher expected rates of future care from daughters. Even after controlling for discrep- ancy in care-taking, income levels, and other observable character- istics, parents are still 10-20% more likely to give a transfer to their daughters. The discrepancy in giving rates is driven by unmarried children: once daughters marry they are less likely to receive a transfer.
Url: https://caepr.indiana.edu/RePEc/inu/caeprp/CAEPR2019-002.pdf
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Authors: Loxton, Abigail
Series Title: CAEPR Working Paper
Publication Number: 2019-002
Institution: CAEPR
Pages: 24
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