Why is it rare for people to retire young from inheritance after their parents pass away?

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Not retiring young in the sense of just quitting their jobs, but if someone has been saving for their own retirement already, then their parents pass away, shouldn’t it be pretty common for a lot of that inheritance to pass down to them? But it seems like most people still struggle to save enough to retire even if their parents have passed on.

What is the reason most people don’t retire at 55 or 60 assuming their parents have passed on by then? Do people not usually save enough for interest to cover a lot of the spending?

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One thing that hasn’t been mentioned: most people, at least in richer countries, put most of their savings for retirement into pensions. Pensions won’t pay out to your children.

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