This paper examines trends in the distribution of household wealth in Great Britain from 1995 to 2005 using the British … Household Panel Survey (BHPS). The data show that wealth is very unevenly distributed and reveal a widening absolute gap over … the period between wealthier households and those with no or negative wealth. However, in relative terms, wealth grew …

In this paper we examine how the distribution of wealth has been changing in UK over the period 1995 to 2005 and how … the sum of inheritance received between 1996-2004 contributed to the observed trends in wealth accumulation and wealth … growth in net worth and of a substantial decrease in wealth inequality recorded in the survey. The main driver behind both …

provide estimates for the overall magnitude and the distribution of inherited wealth. Our results indicate that the period … inheritances is characterized by a very high degree of inequality (comparable by and large to that observed in personal wealth) and …

There has been a large rise in the UK ratio of personal wealth to national income. Personal wealth has grown since the … 1970s about twice as fast in real terms as national income. Has this rise in the wealth-income ratio led to a corresponding … increase in the wealth being passed on from one generation to the next? Are we returning to the levels of inheritance found in …

In this paper we examine how the distribution of wealth has been changing in UK over the period 1995 to 2005 and how … the sum of inheritance received between 1996-2004 contributed to the observed trends in wealth accumulation and wealth … growth in net worth and of a substantial decrease in wealth inequality recorded in the survey. The main driver behind both …

provide estimates for the overall magnitude and the distribution of inherited wealth. Our results indicate that the period … inheritances is characterized by a very high degree of inequality (comparable by and large to that observed in personal wealth) and …

This paper presents the first UK estimates of the association between parental wealth during adolescence and a range of … children's outcomes in early adulthood. Parental wealth is positively associated with all outcomes examined (which include … association reflects the indirect effect of parental wealth on children's education whereas for homeownership the estimated …