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Household wealth and the measurement of economic well-being in the United States

Wolff, Edward N.; Zacharias, Ajit - In: Journal of economic inequality 7 (2009) 2, pp. 83-115

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003852191

An extension of a measure of polarization, with an application to the income distribution of five OECD countries

Esteban Marquillas, Joan María; Gradín, Carlos; Ray, … - In: Journal of economic inequality 5 (2007) 1, pp. 1-19

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003413188

Inheritances and the distribution of wealth or whatever happened to the great inheritance boom?

Wolff, Edward N.; Gittleman, Maury B. - 2011

We found that on average over the period from 1989 to 2007, 21 percent of American households at a given point of time received a wealth transfer and these accounted for 23 percent of their net worth. Over the lifetime, about 30 percent of households could expect to receive a wealth transfer and...