Modeling the distribution and intergenerational transmission of wealth:
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Corporate Author: Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 1980
Series:Studies in income and wealth 46
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Item Description:"Contains the papers presented at the Conference on Modeling the Distribution and Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth held in Williamsburg on 8 and 9 December, 1977."
Includes bibliographical references and index
7. The Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth: Does Family Size Matter?8. Relevance in Economic Measurement: Public Inheritances; List of Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index
This pioneering volume uses modern statistical and simulation techniques to explain the process of wealth transmission and the persistent problem of the unequal distribution of wealth. These papers reflect a shift from the traditional cross-sectional measurement to an intertemporal focus by attempting to model mathematically the actual process by which wealth is acquired and transmitted. There are many questions to be answered: What are the factors influencing saving? What is the role of mating? What decides ownership between spouses? How are rare assets distributed by divorce? What are the pa
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 336 p.)
ISBN:0226764540
0226764605
9780226764542
9780226764603

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