Bequest Motives: A Comparison of Sweden and the United States

By J. Laitner, Henry Ohlsson. 2001

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Altruism, Exchange or Indirect Reciprocity: What Do the Data on Family Transfers Show? (2006, background): “Lee et al. (1994) find evidence in Taiwan of a widespread pattern of financial support to elders, including both cash and in-kind gifts, from adult sons and daughters.”
To Leave or Not to Leave: The Distribution of Bequest Motives (2004, background): “Laitner and Ohlsson (2001) find only weak evidence for parental altruism in the U.S. and Sweden.”
Why Parents Play Favorites: Explanations for Unequal Bequests (2004, background): “…it is unclear if they intend to divide resources equally by giving nothing to each child, or if they would prefer unequal division involving 6 Laitner and Ohlsson (2001) and Tomes (1981, 1988) present evidence that estates are divided unequally among children, although Tomes’s findings have…”