Inter-generational Financial Giving and Inequality : Give and Take in 21st Century Families (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

1. Introduction .- 2. Family structures and relationships.- 3. Families and welfare: public and private transfers.- 4. The extent and nature of lifetime gifts.- 5. The impacts of, and motivations for, lifetime gifts.- 6. Social norms on financial obligations within families.- 7. Public attitudes to different generations.- 8. Discussion: inter-generational gifts, family life and the role of policy.