Estates, Bequests, and Inheritances in Sweden - A Look into the Belinda Databases. Elinder, M., Erixson, O., Escobar, S., & Ohlsson, H. Technical Report 2014:14, Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies Department of Economics, November, 2014.
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The objective of this paper is to describe two new administrative Swedish databases, referred to as the Belinda databases. Together, these databases contain the most detailed individual-level data on estates, be- quests, and inheritances currently available. We present descriptive statis- tics for the key variables in the databases to give a picture of the size of estates, the content of the bequests, and who the recipients of the in- heritances are. The statistics may serve as a point of reference for other scholars, but also as an illustration of the various research possibilities that the databases provide and how the data can be matched with other ad- ministrative registers. We also, briefly, describe the institutional context regarding intergenerational transfers in Sweden, including the inheritance law and the inheritance tax.
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  type = {Working {{Paper}}},
  title = {Estates, Bequests, and Inheritances in {{Sweden}} - {{A}} Look into the {{Belinda}} Databases},
  author = {Elinder, Mikael and Erixson, Oscar and Escobar, Sebastian and Ohlsson, Henry},
  year = {2014},
  month = nov,
  number = {2014:14},
  institution = {Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies Department of Economics},
  url = {https://swopec.hhs.se/uufswp/abs/uufswp2014_014.htm},
  urldate = {2024-05-28},
  abstract = {The objective of this paper is to describe two new administrative Swedish databases, referred to as the Belinda databases. Together, these databases contain the most detailed individual-level data on estates, be- quests, and inheritances currently available. We present descriptive statis- tics for the key variables in the databases to give a picture of the size of estates, the content of the bequests, and who the recipients of the in- heritances are. The statistics may serve as a point of reference for other scholars, but also as an illustration of the various research possibilities that the databases provide and how the data can be matched with other ad- ministrative registers. We also, briefly, describe the institutional context regarding intergenerational transfers in Sweden, including the inheritance law and the inheritance tax.},
  keywords = {Intergenerational Wealth,Methods of Estimation of Wealth Inequality}
}

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