Modeling the distribution and intergenerational transmission of wealth [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James D. Smith
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Smith James D.
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| Titolo: |
Modeling the distribution and intergenerational transmission of wealth [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James D. Smith
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1980 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330 s |
| 339.2/2/0973 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Wealth - United States |
| Inheritance and succession - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Classificazione: | QI 200 |
| Altri autori: | SmithJames D |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographies and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- National Bureau of Economic Research -- Prefatory Note -- 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 Size Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S. from a Synthetic Data Base -- 7. The Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth: Does Family Size Matter? -- 8. Relevance in Economic Measurement: Public Inheritances -- List of Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 patterns of behavior in making gifts and bequests? And what is the effect of the relative ages of the persons involved? |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Modeling the distribution and intergenerational transmission of wealth |
| ISBN: | 1-281-43109-5 |
| 9786611431099 | |
| 0-226-76460-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458482703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in income and wealth ; ; v. 46.