Estate Taxation and Intergenerational Transfers

36 Pages Posted: 1 Mar 2010

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Tullio Jappelli

University of Naples Federico II - Department of Economics and Statistics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Center for Studies in Economics and Finance - CSEF; CSEF - University of Naples Federico II - Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF)

Mario Padula

University "Ca' Foscari" of Venice; CSEF - University of Naples Federico II - Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF)

Giovanni Pica

Idep, facoltà di economia; University of Milan - Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM); University of Milan - Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano (LdA); CSEF - University of Naples Federico II - Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF)

Date Written: February 2010

Abstract

We estimate the effect of estate taxation on bequests exploiting a sequence of Italian reforms culminated with the reduction of estate taxes in 1999 and their abolishment in 2001. To perform our exercise, we use the 1993-2006 Survey of Household Income and Wealth, which has data on real estate transfers and information on potential donors as well as recipients. Our sample includes data on 34,885 owners of real estate wealth and 120,686 potential donors. Differences-in-differences estimates indicate that the abolition of estate taxes has increased the propensity to transfer real estate wealth by about 2 percentage points, and square meter transferred by about 4 points.

Keywords: Bequests, Estate and inheritance taxes, Intergenerational mobility

JEL Classification: E21, H24

Suggested Citation

Jappelli, Tullio and Padula, Mario and Pica, Giovanni, Estate Taxation and Intergenerational Transfers (February 2010). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7701, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1559657

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