light on the impact of intergenerational transfers on household wealth disparities and on possible reasons for the … substantial differences in household wealth disparities among the 4 countries. Almost all of the evidence I present suggests that … intergenerational transfers have a disequalizing impact on household wealth disparities and promote the transmission of household wealth …

We study the history and geography of wealth accumulation in the US, using newly collected historical property tax …, and financial), making it one of the first "wealth taxes." Drawing on many historical records, we construct long …-run, consistent, high-frequency wealth series at the county, state, and national levels. We first document the long-term evolution of …

Recent estimates of US top wealth shares obtained by capitalizing income tax returns (Saez and Zucman, 2020; Smith … Exchange Commission data at the shareholder firm level show that billionaires' equity wealth is underestimated by a factor of 2 … undervalued by a factor of 1.2 and top-owned partnerships by up to 2.2. After incorporating these results, the top 0.01% wealth …

This paper explores the relationships between air pollution, income, wealth, and race by combining administrative data … of changes in income and wealth on pollution exposure over a five year horizon, finding that these income …

In this article, we examine the association between family wealth and academic achievement and socioemotional behaviors … of children ages 5 to 12. We examine whether wealth prior to birth and at ages 4 or 5 affects academic test scores and … children. We also examine associations between different forms of wealth (e.g., home equity) and child achievement and …