Inheritance in Contemporary America : The Social Dimensions of Giving across Generations /
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- The story of inheritance: intergenerational giving in aging America
- Trends in wealth transfers
- The aging American family
- The inheritance revolution
- The origins of our inheritance laws
- Early America
- Forging a new path: women and inheritance laws
- Inheritance in modern America
- Family and inheritance changes
- Decisions about inheritance
- The political realities of retirement security
- Who is going to care for us?
- The political economy of giving and receiving
- The legacy of the modern welfare state
- The dilemma
- Employer pension versus personal savings
- Cross-national research
- Dimensions of giving between generations
- The joy of giving
- Theoretical perspectives on money: good versus evil?
- Contemporary studies of money
- Gifts as assistance
- Contextualizing gift giving
- Simply love
- Fellowship for funds
- Giving, not receiving
- The family life cycle and inheritance
- Money memories: narratives of the meaning of giving and receiving
- History lessons
- The silent generation
- Baby boomers
- Expanding obligations equal shrinking inheritances
- Drawing down assets
- Deciding too late or not at all
- Family disagreements
- Background on the interviews
- Early beginnings of family dynamics and money
- Money as a gift
- Money with strings attached
- How money matters
- The costs of wealth
- A guarded secret
- The value of gifts
- Contemporary values and beliefs regarding intergenerational transfers
- It isn't just money
- Family values and ideologies
- Leaving a legacy
- Transferring assets
- Inter vivos exchanges
- Children helping parents
- Choosing inheritance
- Challenges to family ideologies
- To give or not to give, that is the question
- Leaving a legacy: personal security, family obligations, and the state
- The effects of public policy on family gift giving
- How estate taxes vary
- Estate taxes and exemptions
- Estate planning for the family
- Private long-term care insurance
- Estate recovery and related long-term care financing issues
- Inter vivos transfers and inheritance
- The impact of gift giving on the family: what helps? What hurts?
- Myths and realities of making a will
- Inheritance and the next generation of old-age policies
- The new status quo
- Sorting out the debate
- Possible scenarios
- The politics of social security reform
- The face of the future workforce
- Policy options: public, private, and combined
- Health care insecurity
- Implications and conclusions
- Summary and new directions for research
- The demography of gift giving in late life
- Should women worry about their retirement?
- Generational differences: money memories and family ideology
- An agenda for future research
- Appendix A. Methodology
- Appendix B. Questions used in semistructured in-depth interview
- Bibliography
- Index.