This file is part of IDEAS, which uses RePEc data


[ Papers | Articles | Software | Books | Chapters | Authors | Institutions | JEL Classification | NEP reports | Search | New papers by email | Author registration | Rankings | Volunteers | FAQ | Blog | Help! ]

"Mon père avait raison" : la transmission des valeurs entre les générations

Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics
Author Info
Luc Arrondel

Additional information is available for the following registered author(s):

Abstract

En France, l'influence des comportements patrimoniaux des parents sur celui de leurs enfants a souvent été mise en évidence. Comment expliquer alors ce "poids d'Anchise" ? Dans cet article, nous utilisons une enquête originale française et unique initiée par le Delta et TNS-Sofres en 2002 dans laquelle nous disposons à la fois d'informations patrimoniales et subjectives pour deux générations. En rapprochant les préférences vis-à-vis de l'épargne des parents et des enfants concernant leurs attitudes face au risque et à l'avenir, nous obtenons des corrélations intergénérationnelles significatives, de l'ordre de 0,25 qui ne justifient cependant pas une similarité parfaite. Par ailleurs, l'élasticité de la richesse des enfants par rapport à celle de leurs parents se situe autour de 0,22. Cette mesure est corrigée des effets d'âge et concerne les patrimoines de deux générations coexistantes, c'est-à-dire avant que le gros des transferts intergénérationnels ait eu lieu. Plus de 40% de cette élasticité peut être expliqué (directement ou indirectement) par les niveaux de revenu permanent des deux générations. Les niveaux d'éducation et les préférences y contribuent chacun pour un cinquième, les transferts intergénérationnels déjà effectués pour 13%. La contribution des goûts de l'épargnant est encore de 13% lorsque l'on tient compte également des revenus permanents. Même si elle n'est pas la seule, la transmission des préférences joue donc un rôle non négligeable dans la transmission des inégalités de patrimoine. ###[english_abstract: Research using French data has often found that parents' saving behaviour influences that of their children. This article attempts to explain this phenomenon using data from a unique French survey set up by Delta and TNS-Sofres in 2002. This survey contains information on both preference and saving information for two generations of respondents.Savings preferences of parents and children, concerning risk attitudes and time discounting, are significantly correlated. The correlation coefficient is 0.25, so that the concordance, while significant, is not complete. The analogous correlation between wealth levels is 0.22. This coefficient is corrected for the differences in age of the two generations, and concerns coexisting generations, i.e. before the most significant intergenerational transfers have taken place. Over 40% of this elasticity results (directly or indirectly) from the levels of permanent income of the two generations. Education and preferences further explain around 20% each, and intergenerational transfers that have already taken place around 13%. The contribution of savers' preferences is also around 13%, we control for the effect of permanent income. Even though it is only one of a number of channels of influence, the transmission of preferences therefore plays a non- negligible role in the transmission of wealth inequalities.]###

Download Info
To download:

If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. Information about this may be contained in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large.

File URL: http://www.pse.ens.fr/document/wp200831.pdf
File Format: application/pdf
File Function:
Download Restriction: no

Publisher Info
Paper provided by PSE (Ecole normale supérieure) in its series PSE Working Papers with number 2008-31.

Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML (with abstract), plain text (with abstract), BibTeX, RIS (EndNote, RefMan, ProCite), ReDIF
Length:
Date of creation: 2008
Date of revision:
Handle: RePEc:pse:psecon:2008-31

Contact details of provider:
Postal: 48 boulevard Jourdan - 75014 Paris
Phone: 01 43 13 63 00
Fax: 01 43 13 63 10
Email:
Web page: http://www.pse.ens.fr/
More information through EDIRC

For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its listing, contact: ().

Related research
Keywords:

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

Statistics
Access and download statistics

Did you know? All the bibliographic data shown here has been contributed by volunteers, thereby helping to keep this service free.

This page was last updated on 2009-12-16.


This information is provided to you by IDEAS at the Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut using RePEc data on a server sponsored by the Society for Economic Dynamics.