Modeling the distribution and intergenerational transmission of wealth / edited by James D. Smith.

By:

Conference on Research in Income and Wealth

Contributor(s):

Smith, James D

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in income and wealth ; 46.Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1980.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 336 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226764603
0226764605

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Modeling the distribution and intergenerational transmission of wealth.DDC classification:

339.2/2/0973 22

LOC classification:

HC106.3 .C714 1980eb

Other classification:

83.12
83.52
QI 200

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Contents:

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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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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.

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