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A Century of Wealth in America /
Understanding wealth-who has it, how they acquired it, how they preserve it-is crucial to addressing challenges facing the United States. Edward Wolff's account of patterns in the accumulation and distribution of U.S. wealth since 1900 provides a sober bedrock of facts and analysis. It will bec...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- I. Recent Developments In Personal Wealth
- 1. Plan Of The Book And Historical Backdrop
- 2. Trends In Household Wealth, 1962 To 2013
- 3. Changing Portfolio Composition And The Rate Of Return On Household Wealth
- 4. International Comparisons Of Household Wealth Inequality
- II. Mechanisms Behind Changing Wealth Inequality
- 5. Deconstructing Wealth Trends, 1983-2013
- 6. Age-Wealth Profiles And The Life Cycle Model: Implications For Wealth Accumulation
- 7. Inheritances And The Distribution Of Wealth
- 8. The Role Of Social Security And Private Pensions
- III. Who Are The Rich And The Poor?
- 9. Wealth Differences Among Socioeconomic Groups
- 10. Who Are The Rich? A Demographic Profile Of High-Income And High-Wealth Americans
- 11. The Persistence Of Asset Poverty
- IV. Wealth Over The Long Term
- 12. Long-Term Trends In Aggregate Household Wealth
- 13. Long-Term Trends In The Concentration Of Household Wealth
- V. Tax Policy And Conclusion
- 14. Wealth Taxation
- 15. Summary Of Principal Findings And Concluding Comments
- Appendix 1. Adjustments And Imputations Made To The 1962 Sfcc And 1983, 1989, 1992, And 1995 Scf Data Files
- Appendix 2. Construction Of The 1969 Mesp Dataset
- Appendix 3. Estimation Of Retirement Wealth
- Notes
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Index