Modeling the Distribution and Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth.

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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 attempti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, James D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1980.
Series:Studies in income and wealth.
Subjects:
Wealth > United States.
Inheritance and succession > United States.
Richesse > États-Unis.
Successions et héritages > États-Unis.
Inheritance and succession
Wealth
United States
wealth, generations, transmission, distribution, poverty, acquisition, saving, mating, marriage, ownership, spouses, assets, divorce, gifts, bequests, inheritance, aging, nonfiction, economics, succession, testators, family size, race, class, mobility, public policy, government, retirement, labor, economy, mathematical models, capitalism, capital.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Modeling the Distribution and Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth; Contents; Introduction; 1. Long-Term Trends in American Wealth Inequality; 2. The Wealth of Testators and Its Distribution: Butler County, Ohio, 1803-65; 3. The Perpetuation of Wealth: A Simulation Model; 4. The Importance of Material Inheritance: The Financial Link between Generations; 5. The Bequest Process and the Causes of Inequality in the Distribution of Wealth; 6. Estimates of the 1969 Sue Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S. from a Synthetic Data Base.

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