Several socio-economic research tell us that in our country the intergenerational transfers are an important part of the net wealth of households.
This is natural in a country where the wealth transfers (case, land, values, etc.) become legacy because they occur at the death of "transferring" (Here you will find a detailed investigation: A republic based on income. How have the work and the richness of Italian
For example is a common experience of many Italian inherit the house by their parents or other family members (this phenomenon, increasingly moved in later years, because of the increase in longevity). The house in fact, having a commercial value, is an important part of the material assets affected by the intergenerational transmission of income / economic values.
A recent work, published in the series "Topics of discussion" of the Bank of Italy, curato Anna Laura Mancini (Banca d'Italia), Clare Monfardini (University of Bologna) and Silvia Pasqua (University of Turin) was involved in the intergenerational transmission of the reading habits, from parents to their children, a propensity of particular relevance to the cognitive development of children.
The Handbook of Research, published in English can be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Bank of Italy, is based on survey data collected by ISTAT for Italy (2002 – 2008) Using the Survey of Time (http://www.bancaditalia.it/pubblicazioni/econo/temidi/td14/td958_14/td958)
The empirical results confirm the importance of the channel imitative in promoting good behavior in children.
In detail, we say the authors of the Study, children who keep reading one of their parents also engage in an activity of reading with a probability significantly higher.
This result, in line with other countries, exemplifies the importance that the stimulus to the cultural and educational activities of adults may have the positive effects on later generations.
I would add that repercussions of an economic / income as falling in the transfer of education, skills and other income opportunities, hence the difference in income over the life of those who receive transfers and those who do not receive them is equal to 25%, while with the addition of monetary transfers that gap reaches 40% in terms of total resources (income and transfers).
Alex Gaetani
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