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The Carnegie Conjecture: Some Empirical Evidence

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Holtz-Eakin, Douglas
Joulfaian, David
Rosen, Harvey S

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This paper examines tax-return-generated data on the labor force behavior of people before and after they receive inheritances. The results are consistent with Andrew Carnegie's century-old assertion that large inheritances decrease a person's labor-force participation. For example, a single person who receives an inheritance of about $150,000 is roughly four times more likely to leave the labor force than a person with an inheritance below Z,000. Additional, albeit weaker, evidence suggests that large inheritances depress labor supply, even when participation is unaltered. Copyright 1993, the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Volume (Year): 108 (1993)
Issue (Month): 2 (May)
Pages: 413-35
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