Inheritance in Contemporary America : The Social Dimensions of Giving across Generations /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Angel, Jacqueline Lowe
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Older people > Health and hygiene > United States.
Older people > Care > United States.
Older people > Family relationships > United States.
Estate planning > United States.
Inheritance and transfer tax > United States.
Wealth > United States.
Inheritance and succession > United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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