Inheritance Flows in Switzerland, 1911-2011

• Published in: IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc
• Main Authors: Brülhart, Marius, Dupertuis, Didier, Moreau, Elodie
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Inheritances; Switzerland

We estimate the size of inheritance flows in Switzerland over a long span of data, in close analogy to the study for France by Piketty (2011). We find that inheritance flows had been growing more slowly than national income up until the 1970s, but have been outpacing income growth since. According t...