Inherited wealth creates a second distinguishing characteristic of individuals, in addition to earning abilities. We … on bequests or on inheritances allow further redistribution, if in the parent generation initial wealth and earning …

increased wealth taxation were decided and implemented. The increase even began before the legislative process started. Second …

between initial wealth and entrepreneurship. However, in a recent paper Hurst and Lusardi (2004) use higher order of … polynomials in wealth and find that there is no relationship between household initial wealth and the probability of starting an … own business throughout most of the wealth distribution in the United States. In this paper we examine this relationship …

wealth accumulation in these two countries can be enlightening. In this paper we examine wealth inequality and mobility in … Sweden and the United States over the past decade. We show that wealth inequality has been significantly greater in the U …. In addition to less inequality and a higher median wealth, we also show that wealth quintile mobility in the 1990's has …

kink allows me to identify how UI affect the use of private wealth to finance consumption during unemployment spells. Using … significantly larger liquid wealth than men and young singles. …

Survey on Housing Wealth 2008. It is based on Bayesian inference and on the fully conditional specification approach. Both …