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This chapter offers an overview of the empirical and theoretical research on the long-run evolution of wealth and … inheritance. Wealth–income ratios, inherited wealth, and wealth inequalities were high in the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries … show that over a wide range of models, the long-run magnitude and concentration of wealth and inheritance are an increasing …
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work will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. …
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Wie entstehen die Akkumulation und die Distribution von Kapital? Welche Dynamiken sind dafür maßgeblich? Fragen der langfristigen Evolution von Ungleichheit, der Konzentration von Wohlstand in wenigen Händen und nach den Chancen für ökonomisches Wachstum bilden den Kern der Politischen...
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Der französische Wirtschaftswissenschaftler untersucht seit Jahrzehnten das Problem der Ungleichheit der Verteilung des Wohlstandes in unserer modernen Wirtschaftswelt. Anhand der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklungslinien seit dem 18. Jahrhundert und historischer Daten kommt er zu einer...
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A recent literature has constructed top income shares time series over the long run for more than twenty countries using income tax statistics. Top incomes represent a small share of the population but a very significant share of total income and total taxes paid. Hence, aggregate economic...
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Measuring and understanding the evolution of wealth inequality is a key challenge for researchers, policy makers, and … the general public. This paper breaks new ground on this topic by presenting a new method to estimate and study wealth … inequality. This method combines fiscal data with household surveys and national accounts in order to provide annual wealth …
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