7. The Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth: Does Family Size Matter?8. Relevance in Economic Measurement: Public Inheritances; List of Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index
Summary
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
Analysis
Inheritance and succession United States
Inheritance and succession United States Addresses, essays, lectures
Wealth United States
Wealth United States Addresses, essays, lectures
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
"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."
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd
