light on the impact of intergenerational transfers on household wealth disparities and on possible reasons for the … substantial differences in household wealth disparities among the 4 countries. Almost all of the evidence I present suggests that … intergenerational transfers have a disequalizing impact on household wealth disparities and promote the transmission of household wealth …

, we combine historical data on province-level famine exposure with contemporary data on individual wealth. To better … effect on the contemporary wealth of individuals born during this period. Together, the evidence suggests that the famine had … an adverse effect on wealth, and it is even present among the wealthiest cohort of individuals in present-day China. …

reasons, rural- to-urban migrants are less likely to own housing units in cities and as a result accumulate less wealth. Our … rural hukou owns 310 thousand yuan less housing wealth and 213 thousand yuan less total wealth than comparable household …