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Households face earnings risk which is non-normal and varies by age and over the income distribution. We show that allowing for these rich features of earnings dynamics, in the context of a structurally estimated life-cycle portfolio choice model, helps to rationalize the limited participation...
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discuss the implications of these findings for several strands of the wealth inequality debate …We provide a systematic analysis of the properties of individual returns to wealth using twenty years of population … percentile. Second, heterogeneity in returns does not arise merely from differences in the allocation of wealth between safe and …
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. The channel predicts that geographies with historically higher volatility will feature more wealth inequality than income …Wealth is distributed more unevenly than income, and one contributing factor might be that richer households earn … higher portfolio returns. I uncover one channel that causes portfolio returns to be increasing in wealth: Poorer households …
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across generations. We discuss the implications of these findings for several strands of the wealth inequality debate. …We provide a systematic analysis of the properties of individual returns to wealth using twelve years of population … returns does not arise merely from differences in the allocation of wealth between safe and risky assets: returns are …
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theimplications of these findings for several strands of the wealth inequality debate …We provide a systematic analysis of the properties of individual returns to wealth using twelve years ofpopulation data … standard deviation of 8%). Second,heterogeneity in returns does not arise merely from differences in the allocation of wealth …
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implications of these findings for several strands of the wealth inequality debate …We provide a systematic analysis of the properties of individual returns to wealth using twelve years of population … of wealth between safe and risky assets: returns are heterogeneous even within asset classes. Third, returns are …
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with wealth returns. Our results provide new insights into why inequality in capital income is greater than in labor income …
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with wealth returns. Our results provide new insights into why inequality in capital income is greater than in labor income …
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with wealth returns. Our results provide new insights into why inequality in capital income is greater than in labor income …
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with wealth returns. Our results provide new insights into why inequality in capital income is greater than in labor income …
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